Definition of Fourierism in English:
Fourierism
noun ˈfʊrɪərɪz(ə)mˈfo͝orēəˌrizəm
mass nounA system for the reorganization of society into self-sufficient cooperatives, in accordance with the principles of the French socialist Charles Fourier (1772–1837).
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1844 Chase founded the Wisconsin Phalanx as a group to implement Fourierism in Wisconsin.
- But we did not intend to go so fully into the religious, or rather, irreligious, character of Fourierism.
- Ripley believed that there was a natural compatibility between Fourierism and the original vision of Brook Farm as expressed in the initial written goals of the community.
- By offering a solution to economic problems, Fourierism brought the Brook Farmers in reach of their goals.
- During these times he enthusiastically advocated Fourierism holding that it offered to alleviate social problems and to produce great social harmony.
- Three of these movements (Saint Simonianism, Fourierism, and Owenism) are closely related: they all supported ‘associationism’ in one form or another.
- A short two years after its induction into Brook Farm support for Fourierism began to diminish.
Derivatives
noun & adjective
The difference between the Functionalists on the one hand and the SaintSimonians and Fourierists on the other was that the former did not question the existing social and political order.
Example sentencesExamples
- Those who broke away from Enfantin began to call themselves Fourierists, although they no longer attacked marriage.
- In the latter stages of his story Delano stresses the effort to secure financial support from the national Fourierist movement.
- While distinguishing between various schools of thought - Functionalist, Saint-Simonian, and Fourierist - Papayanis strongly objects to the conventional characterization of any of these schools as ‘utopian.’
- An interesting sidelight to the premature panic of Guadeloupe planters in 1847 was their willingness to sponsor a Fourierist ‘association’ community for freed slaves.