Społeczne uwarunkowania i społeczne funkcje ideologii i moralności w koncepcji Georgesa Sorela

Abstract

The views of Georges Sorel on social and most of all on class-conditioning as well as social functions of ideology and morality are discussed in the article. It is emphasised that Sorel viewed a working class as a bearer of the fundamental values of all humanity, i.e. work, honor, dignity and justice. Specifically interpreted, the Marxist conception is considered by Sorel as a tool of forming the consciousness of the proletariat and stimulating him to strive for the fundamental moral ideals. Socialism is also a moral question. A revival resembling the times of early Christianity is to be attained by means of the proletarian revolution utilizing a general strike and organizing the social life in syndicates — the independent all workman's productive associations. The author observes, on the other hand, that Sorel is making a profound sociological analysis clarifying the roots of the European rationalism, delusive belief in progress and in the deterministic rights of the historical development. In conclusion the author points out the present interest of many trends of the Sorelian thought to the current situation of Poland.