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Fourierism
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Fou·ri·er·ism  (fr--rzm)
n.
A system for social reform advocated by Charles Fourier in the early 19th century, proposing that society be organized into small self-sustaining communal groups.
Fouri·er·ist, Fouri·er·ite (--rt) n.
Fourierism [ˈfʊərɪəˌrɪzəm]
n
(Sociology) the system of Charles Fourier (1772-1837), the French social reformer, under which society was to be organized into self-sufficient cooperatives
Fourierist , Fourierite [ˈfʊərɪəˌraɪt] n & adj
Fourieristic  adj
Fourierism
a utopian social reform, planned by the French social scientist F.M. Charles Fourier, that organized groups into cooperative units called phalansteries, as Brook Farm. Also called phalansterianism. — Fourierist, Fourierite, n.
See also: Communalism
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A review in the New York Herald argued that the attempt to organize the blacks in "departments of labor" under the Freedmen's Association was "an imitation of the Fourierite phalanxes, whose fate is so well known to all our readers" (New York Herald, 1864).
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