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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2012
      February 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511806841
      9780521356930
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511806841
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 366 Pages
      • Series:
      Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
      Subjects:
      Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    Series:
    Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought
    Subjects:
    Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Politics and International Relations, Texts in Political Thought, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    This remarkable book, written soon after the French Revolution, has traditionally been considered one of the founding documents in the history of socialism. It introduces the best-known and most extraordinary utopia written in the last two centuries. Charles Fourier was among the first to formulate a right to a minimum standard of life. His radical approach involved a systematic critique of work, marriage and patriarchy, together with a parallel right to a sexual minimum. He also proposed a comprehensive alternative to the Christian religion. Finally, through the medium of a bizarre and extraordinary cosmology, Fourier argued that the poor state of the planet is the result of the evil practices of civilisation. Translated into English, this classic text will be of particular interest to students and scholars of the history of sexuality and feminism, political thought and socialism.

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