The political ideas of the utopian socialists

First Published in 1982. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Introduction. The Utopian Impulse In Early Socialist Thought -- The Future As Harmony -- Harmonians In Conflict: Six Strategic Dilemmas ; The Roots Of Utopian Commitment ; Utopian Socialism's Legacy: The Critical And Constructive Dimensions -- Henri Saint-simon. Life And Work ; The Making Of A Social Physiology ; Industrialism And The Rule Of Science -- Robert Owen. Life And Work ; A New View Of Society ; The Coming Of The New Moral World -- Charles Fourier. Life And Work ; A Philosophy Of Human Passions ; Liberation Through Love -- The Saint-simonians. The Disciples And Their Work ; Beyond Positivism ; Towards Universal Association -- Etienne Cabet. Life And Work ; The Spirit Of Fraternity ; Icaria Revisited -- Wilhelm Weitling. Life And Work ; The Primacy Of Need ; The Revolutionary Necessity. Keith Taylor. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 218-225. First Published in 1982. In this book, Taylor has selected for special attention the work of Saint-Simon and his disciples (the SaintSimonians), Owen, Fourier, Cabet, and Weitling - those thinkers who made the most important contributions to the development of early socialist theory. The author discusses the designation of 'utopian' which entered into the conventional vocabulary of the history of ideas, and is now used almost without question. This title argues that these thinkers were certainly utopian in the sense that they sought to describe the structure of an ideal future society.