Early Socialism
Charles Fourier
Proposed the creation of small model communities where people would live and work for mutual benefit -this would show everyone the advantages of cooperative living
Louis Blanc
Social problems could be solved by government assistance -competition is evil
Flora Tristan
-Female utopian socialist -Called for absolute equality of man and woman
What are the main charachteristics of early Socialism? (Aka Utopian Socialism)
-brought about by poverty and conditions in slums, mines, and factories -wanted equality in social conditions -human cooperation, not competition -against private property -against capitalism
How do early socialists compare to later socialists?
Early: Utopian Socialism equality and human cooperation Later: Marxists believed this was an impractical dream
Robert Owen
Humans would reveal true goodness if in a cooperative community -successful in Scotland, not in US
How was utopian socialism important?
Utopian socialism was often ignored at this time, but it laid the groundwork for later attacks on capitalism that would have far- reaching results