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utopian socialism |
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utopian socialismPolitical and social idea of the mid-19th century. Adapted from such reformers as Robert Owen and Charles Fourier, utopian socialism drew from early communist and socialist ideas. Advocates included Louis Blanc, noted for his theory of worker-controlled “social workshops,” and John Humphrey Noyes, founder of the Oneida Community in the U.S. Utopian settlements were also attempted by religious groups such as the Mennonites, Shakers, and Mormons. See also Brook Farm. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ute Engel, discussing Pevsner's background in German art history in the early 1930s, traces the roots of his admiration for the higher collective aim ('eliminating the shoddy' as he put it) back to the utopian socialist pantheon in which William Morris and the Bauhaus were enthroned, to be celebrated in his Pioneers of Modern Design the arguments of which were already in embryonic form as early as 1931. Yet as Chan noted, the entire enterprise is inspired by the ideas of Charles Fourier, the turn-of-the-nineteenth-century utopian socialist who, with Blake and the influential feminist author Kathy Acker, make up what he described as the project's trinity of "patron saints. His first chapter is on early utopian socialists, and then he discusses the rise of anarchism and socialism in the latter half of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, showing a special affection for the Socialist Party of Eugene V. |
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