Georges Sorel’s The Illusions of Progress critically examines the modern concept of progress, tracing its origins to Enlightenment-era rationalism and exposing its role as an ideological construct serving bourgeois interests. Sorel argues that progress, often presented as an inevitable and universal force driving human betterment, is in reality a tool of social and political domination. This ideology fosters complacency, legitimizes the power of ruling elites, and stifles genuine moral and revolutionary vigor. By conflating progress with virtue, modern society undermines its own moral foundations, replacing meaningful action and struggle with passive acceptance of a deterministic historical narrative. Sorel critiques both liberal democracy and parliamentary socialism for perpetuating this illusion of progress while entrenching the same elite structures that have dominated society across different eras. To counter the stifling effects of progressivism, Sorel advocates for revolutionary