Fourierism is the set of ideas first put forward by French utopian socialist François Marie Charles Fourier (1772-1837). Fourierism is a system of economic, social, and political beliefs created by Charles Fourier ( 1772-1837). Fourier’s idea was that the future of human kind was meant to settle into communal associations , known as phalanxes. 1620 people were to be housed in each phalanx, and each person was assigned a role that matched with one of the 12 passions. Jobs would be paid based on its difficulty, so sewage cleaners and farmers would be paid more than say a novelist. This was a direct result of Fourier’s belief that the poor in the capitalist society were preventing human progression. Therefore he sought to decline poverty within the phalanx. Anyone not contributing would subsequently be let out. Fourier was also known for having radical ideas for his time. Among these were ideas of an evolving form of nature, one that would bring pacifist animals to the Earth, such as a non-lion. In addition he also believed that the sea would turn to lemonade, and the passions of the people must be set free. This also meant he believed in the promiscuous actions between consenting adults. Fourier, however, died before he could see his ideas come to life. However, Albert Brisbane (1809-1890), his first follower, brought the ideas behind Fourierism to America in the 1840s. He had translated Fourier’s work from French to English, however, he left out the more eccentric themes of his work so it would be more suited to the American population. There he gained many disciples, including Horace Greely, the editor of the New Yorker. By 1842, Albert Brisbane was able to gather enough money to begin his first community. By the beginning of the Civil War, there would be 28 phalanxes in America, but would eventually fall due to economic plunder and an unstable society. Scholarship in politics and economics now considers Charles Fourier’s work as one of the foundation of utopian socialism – this was a term drawn out by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engle as a derogatory term for early socialist thinkers. His work would come to be known as one of the Utopian thinkers whom characterized an entire section of the 19th century in America .
Fourierism is the set of ideas first put forward by French utopian socialist François Marie Charles Fourier (1772-1837). Fourierism is the systematic set of economic, political, and social beliefs first espoused by French intellectual Charles Fourier ( 1772 – 1837). Based upon a belief in the inevitability of communal associations of people who worked and lived together as part of the human future, Fourier's committed supporters referred to his doctrines as Associationism. Political contemporaries and subsequent scholarship has identified Fourier's set of ideas as a form of utopian socialism—a phrase that retains mild pejorative overtones .
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1772-1837). Fourier’s idea was that the future of human kind was meant to settle into communal associations , known as phalanxes. 1620 people were to be housed in each phalanx, and each person was assigned a role that matched with one of the 12 passions. Jobs would be paid based on its difficulty, so sewage cleaners and farmers would be paid more than say a novelist. This was a direct result of Fourier’s belief that the poor in the capitalist society were preventing human progression. Therefore he sought to decline poverty within the phalanx. Anyone not contributing would subsequently be let out. Fourier was also known for having radical ideas for his time. Among these were ideas of an evolving form of nature, one that would bring pacifist animals to the Earth, such as a non-lion. In addition he also believed that the sea would turn to lemonade, and the passions of the people must be set free. This also meant he believed in the promiscuous actions between consenting adults.
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Fourier, however, died before he could see his ideas come to life. However, Albert Brisbane (1809-1890), his first follower, brought the ideas behind Fourierism to America in the 1840s. He had translated Fourier’s work from French to English, however, he left out the more eccentric themes of his work so it would be more suited to the American population. There he gained many disciples, including Horace Greely, the editor of the New Yorker. By 1842, Albert Brisbane was able to gather enough money to begin his first community. By the beginning of the Civil War, there would be 28 phalanxes in America, but would eventually fall due to economic plunder and an unstable society. Scholarship in politics and economics now considers Charles Fourier’s work as one of the foundation of utopian socialism
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this was a term drawn out by Karl Marx and Fredrich Engle as a derogatory term for early socialist thinkers. His work would come to be known as one of the Utopian thinkers whom characterized an entire section of the 19th century in America
1837). Based upon a belief in the inevitability of communal associations of people who worked and lived together as part of the human future, Fourier's committed supporters referred to his doctrines as Associationism. Political contemporaries and subsequent scholarship has identified Fourier's set of ideas as a form of utopian socialism—a phrase that retains mild pejorative overtones