Charles Fourier

Charles Fourier
Portrait by Jean Gigoux, 1835
Born
François Marie Charles Fourier

(1772-04-07)7 April 1772
Died10 October 1837(1837-10-10) (aged 65)
Era19th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolUtopian socialism
Fourierism
Main interests
Political philosophy
Economics
Philosophy of desire
Notable ideas
Phalanstère
"Attractive work"
Coining the term feminism
Critique of work

François Marie Charles Fourier (/ˈfʊrieɪ, -iər/; fr; 7 April 1772 – 10 October 1837) was a French philosopher. He was an important philosopher as an early socialist thinker. He was one of the founders of utopian socialism. Some of his views were seen as radical at the time. Fourier is said to have helped create the word feminism in 1837.

References

  1. ↑ "Fourier". Dictionary.com Unabridged. Random House.
  2. ↑ Beecher, Jonathan (2022), "Charles Fourier and Fourierism", in van der Linden, Marcel (ed.), The Cambridge History of Socialism, vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, pp. 167–187, ISBN 978-1-108-48134-2
  3. ↑ Goldstein 1982, p. 92.

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