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Enfantin, Barthélemy Prosper (bärtālmē` prôspĕr` äNfäNtăN`), 1796–1864, French socialist, sometimes called Père Enfantin. He became a leader of the movement started by the comte de Saint-Simon Saint-Simonianism. Partly because of their eccentricities, the Saint-Simonians achieved brief fame. Led by Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin and Saint-Amand Bazard , they organized a series of lectures (published in 1828–30 as L'Exposition de la doctrine de Saint-Simon
..... Click the link for more information. . Under his guidance the Saint-Simonian school put increasing emphasis upon religious and moral regeneration and less upon political reform. Following a schism developing out of Enfantin's disagreement with Saint-Amand Bazard Bazard, Saint-Amand (săNtämäN` bäzär`), 1791–1832, French socialist.
..... Click the link for more information. over marriage reform, Enfantin established (1832) a monastic settlement for the remnants of the movement at Ménilmontant. It disintegrated with the imprisonment of Enfantin for a year on charges of incitement to immorality and financial fraud. After his release he devoted himself mainly to business enterprises. His writings include Religion Saint-Simonienne (1831) and Life Eternal (1861, tr. 1920).

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See his complete works (16 vol., 1868–78).