Sorelian leftism can be defined as a leftism that values anti-system agitation of any kind above solidarity with subaltern classes. The emotional logic is that it sees parliamentary politics as boring & anti-systems politics as bringing a needed excitement into the world.
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It's important to understand that Sorelian politics -- the politics that glorifies direct & sometimes violent agitation above parliamentary victories -- flourishes in periods when parliamentary systems are gridlocked, corrupt, unresponsive to large social problems.
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