ABSTRACT
ItsexemptionfromsociallawsisthepersonalembodimentofutopianreasoninginSorel'ssyndicalism.Themythologicalbasisofhis doctrineoftheState,farfrombeinganassettoarevolutionarytheory ofsociety,provedtobeSorel'sgreatestliability,forhereproducesa portionofthepragmaticacquiescence:anacceptanceofthespontaneousandapocalypticviewofsocialchange.TheveryviewofhistoryandchangewhichSorelridiculesinEnlightenmentphilosophy, becomeshissupremeideologicalburden.Andsinceheeschewedthe possibilityofascientificsociology,hewasleftwithadogmatic emotivismemulatinginferocityanythingproducedbyinternecine tendenciesofmedievalsociety.
