Socialist thinkers: Charles Fourier (1772-1837)
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- Created on: 19-03-16 17:26
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Overview:
- although his early brand of socialism was short-lived and didn't attract a wide following, he's still important
- Marx and Engels thought him to be significant
- Marx's description of communism, the ultmate goal of his type of scientific socialism, owed much to the community-based ideas of Fourier
Key ideas:
- he saw socialism as a means by which people could re-kindle the community spirit that had been threatened by the growth of capitalism
- he believed that industrialistion…
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