The First Socialists: The Saint-Simonians and the Utopians

Tags: Other Schools of Thought, Socialism, World History

07/20/2020 Chris Calton

While collectivism was implied in Sismondi’s idea of a “general interest,” Owen and Fourier offered the first formal expression of full socialist collectivization.

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Original Article: “The First Socialists: The Saint-Simonians and the Utopians“.

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