Tommaso Giordani
@tgiordan.bsky.social
historian of european ideas in the late 19th and early 20th century
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Horrific. So many gleeful ghouls, ranging from far right to liberal, who jumped on this issue to vent their spleen over everything they think they’re entitled to if only they didn’t have to share with people they, deep down or shallowly, deem unworthy. A murder by social media witch hunt.
B*njamin Ryan spent whole days posting about Arday endlessly on Twitter.
He seems to have deleted/be deleting his posts now.
But plenty of academics were very happy to continue in his comments and elsewhere.
Hounding someone to death is unlikely to weigh much on the minds or hearts of these people.
He seems to have deleted/be deleting his posts now.
But plenty of academics were very happy to continue in his comments and elsewhere.
Hounding someone to death is unlikely to weigh much on the minds or hearts of these people.
August 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Horrific. So many gleeful ghouls, ranging from far right to liberal, who jumped on this issue to vent their spleen over everything they think they’re entitled to if only they didn’t have to share with people they, deep down or shallowly, deem unworthy. A murder by social media witch hunt.
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If you happen to be in Venice in a few days (in the 12th), come hear Tommaso Giordani and I talk about Georges Sorel and our new edited volume.
June 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If you happen to be in Venice in a few days (in the 12th), come hear Tommaso Giordani and I talk about Georges Sorel and our new edited volume.
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Publication day! 🗃️ www.routledge.com/The-Metaphys...
The Metaphysician of Syndicalism: Georges Sorel Beyond Myth and Violence
The Metaphysician of Syndicalism brings together for the first time exciting new research on the radical French philosopher and political theorist Georges Sorel (1847–1922).
The most theoretically sop...
www.routledge.com
April 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Publication day! 🗃️ www.routledge.com/The-Metaphys...
Physical copies arrived!
April 18, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Physical copies arrived!
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Very pleased to announce that *The Metaphysician of Syndicalism: Georges Sorel Beyond Myth and Violence*, edited by @tgiordan.bsky.social and myself, now has a tentative publication date from Routledge -- April 2026.
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Very pleased to announce that *The Metaphysician of Syndicalism: Georges Sorel Beyond Myth and Violence*, edited by @tgiordan.bsky.social and myself, now has a tentative publication date from Routledge -- April 2026.
But there will also be Mussolini and myth, albeit deconstructed
This will be a sophisticated and historical treatment of Sorel, for anyone who wants to go past myth and Mussolini stuff. At a moment when all that is in fact also increasingly topical. 🗃️
Tommaso Giordani will present on Georges Sorel & revolutionary violence tomorrow at 2pm Paris time, Zoom link below. Talk is in French. Part of a working group on liberals and socialists confronting violence 1889-1989.
collegium.universite-lyon.fr/tommaso-gior...
collegium.universite-lyon.fr/tommaso-gior...
June 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
But there will also be Mussolini and myth, albeit deconstructed
Reposted by Tommaso Giordani
This will be a sophisticated and historical treatment of Sorel, for anyone who wants to go past myth and Mussolini stuff. At a moment when all that is in fact also increasingly topical. 🗃️
Tommaso Giordani will present on Georges Sorel & revolutionary violence tomorrow at 2pm Paris time, Zoom link below. Talk is in French. Part of a working group on liberals and socialists confronting violence 1889-1989.
collegium.universite-lyon.fr/tommaso-gior...
collegium.universite-lyon.fr/tommaso-gior...
Tommaso Giordani : "Le socialisme sans la révolution : le role tactique de la violence chez Georges Sorel"
collegium.universite-lyon.fr
June 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This will be a sophisticated and historical treatment of Sorel, for anyone who wants to go past myth and Mussolini stuff. At a moment when all that is in fact also increasingly topical. 🗃️
Yup
Generally not that interested in "totalitarianism" talk, but I do think social media has pretty clearly put pressure on the public/private divide with consequences we haven't yet grasped. Arendt wasn't all wrong.
January 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Yup
Pubblicazione. Recensione della nuova edizione delle Riflessioni sulla Violenza di Sorel (Castelvecchi, 2024) su Acronia, Studi di storia dell' Anarchismo.
TLDR: solita storia, soliti problemi, solito Sorel monco
mimesisjournals.com/ojs/index.ph...
TLDR: solita storia, soliti problemi, solito Sorel monco
mimesisjournals.com/ojs/index.ph...
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January 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Pubblicazione. Recensione della nuova edizione delle Riflessioni sulla Violenza di Sorel (Castelvecchi, 2024) su Acronia, Studi di storia dell' Anarchismo.
TLDR: solita storia, soliti problemi, solito Sorel monco
mimesisjournals.com/ojs/index.ph...
TLDR: solita storia, soliti problemi, solito Sorel monco
mimesisjournals.com/ojs/index.ph...
For the first time I actively tried to fall asleep at the movies. Could not bear another hour
February 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
For the first time I actively tried to fall asleep at the movies. Could not bear another hour
"...la mystique républicaine, c'était quand on mourait pour la République, la politique républicaine, c'est à présent qu'on en vit."
November 15, 2023 at 12:43 PM
"...la mystique républicaine, c'était quand on mourait pour la République, la politique républicaine, c'est à présent qu'on en vit."