What's Left of Philosophy

Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris

In What’s Left of Philosophy Gil Morejón (@gdmorejon), Lillian Cicerchia (@lilcicerch), Owen Glyn-Williams (@oglynwil), and William Paris (@williammparis) discuss philosophy’s radical histories and contemporary political theory. Philosophy isn't dead, but what's left? Support us at patreon.com/leftofphilosophy

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What's Left of Philosophy

Episodes (137)

Feb 16th 129 TEASER | The General Strike and Socialism: Sorel's Reflections on Violence
Jan 28th 129 | Introducing: Marxism & Religion, Part I: Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jan 14th 127 | Hayden White's Forms of History

What's Left of Philosophy

Feb 16, 2026
11¼ minutes
8 MB

In this episode we discuss Georges Sorel’s 1908 Reflections on Violence. We focus on his central claim that all of socialism is concentrated in the idea or ‘picture’ of the general strike, scrutinizing his claim that the ‘myth’ of the general strike is even more important than its precise concretion. His emphasis on political myth gives rise to questions about his potential irrationalism and the consequent (mis)appropriation of his ideas by fascists. Finally, we address his distinction between the ‘proletarian general strike’ – which is violent and revolutionary – and the ‘political general strike’ which aims to win minor concessions instead of a transform...

What's Left of Philosophy

129 TEASER | The General Strike and Socialism: Sorel's Reflections on Violence

Lillian Cicerchia, Owen Glyn-Williams, Gil Morejón, and William Paris

00:00 -11:18