Fourierism
/ˈfʊrɪərɪz(ə)m
/noun [mass noun]
A system for the reorganization of society into self-sufficient cooperatives, in accordance with the principles of the French socialist Charles Fourier (1772–1837).A short two years after its induction into Brook Farm support for Fourierism began to diminish....
- In 1844 Chase founded the Wisconsin Phalanx as a group to implement Fourierism in Wisconsin.
- By offering a solution to economic problems, Fourierism brought the Brook Farmers in reach of their goals.
Derivatives
Fourierist
- 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.
- Those who broke away from Enfantin began to call themselves Fourierists, although they no longer attacked marriage.
- 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.’