Édouard Berth (1875–1939) was a theorist of French syndicalism and disciple of

Georges Sorel Georges Eugène Sorel (; ; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist. He has inspired theories and movements grouped under the name of Sorelianism. His social and p ...

. In 1911, he co-founded the Cercle Proudhon with Georges Valois. Berth tried to unify the

materialism Materialism is a form of philosophical monism which holds matter to be the fundamental substance in nature, and all things, including mental states and consciousness, are results of material interactions. According to philosophical materiali ...

of Marx and the

metaphysics Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that studies the fundamental nature of reality, the first principles of being, identity and change, space and time, causality, necessity, and possibility. It includes questions about the nature of conscio ...

Bergson Henri-Louis Bergson (; 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopherHenri Bergson. 2014. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 13 August 2014, from https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61856/Henri-Bergson

through his articulation of revolutionary self-organization of the

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. Alain de Benoist, ''Édouard Berth ou le socialisme héroïque (Sorel - Maurras - Lénine)''

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1875 births 1939 deaths National syndicalists French socialists French male non-fiction writers {{France-philosopher-stub