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Association: Or a Concise Exposition of the Practical Part of Fouriers Social Science
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Or, A Concise Exposition Of The Practical Part Of Fourier's Social Science
Albert Brisbane
Published by Greeley & McElrath, 1843
Philosophy; History & Surveys; Modern; Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers; Communism; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
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have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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Or, A Concise Exposition Of The Practical Part Of Fourier's Social Science
Albert Brisbane
Published by Greeley & McElrath, 1843
Philosophy; History & Surveys; Modern; Biography & Autobiography / Philosophers; Communism; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern; Political Science / Political Ideologies / Communism & Socialism
80 pages, Hardcover
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August 23, 2013
This is the book (the American translation of Fourier in 1840) that sparked many attempts at communal living in late 19c America. And it's got some great critiques of the chaotic "civilized" early industrial and industrial-agricultural working life, the relation of wage and slave work, the intentional dullness and drudgery of doing the same thing for long hours for someone else. And a call to action, that every societal organizing principle acts as though it's "the best, the pinnacle", but they're all invented and we can invent a better one. One where we work less at a wider variety of fulfilling tasks in mutual support of each other.
But in the end it's a slog through some wildly specific proposals of how to organize an agricultural commune. And the only copy I could find is a terrible OCR'd version at http://archive.org/details/socialdest... so I can't really recommend it, though there are some good quotable sections.
But in the end it's a slog through some wildly specific proposals of how to organize an agricultural commune. And the only copy I could find is a terrible OCR'd version at http://archive.org/details/socialdest... so I can't really recommend it, though there are some good quotable sections.
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