History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET December 2018 History
Who among the following is not regarded as a pre-Marxian socialist thinker?
ADenis Diderot ✓ Correct
BRobert Owen
CCharles Fourier
DSaint-Simon
Correct answer: (A) Denis Diderot — Denis Diderot is not a pre-Marxian socialist, so the answer is Denis Diderot.
Explanation
★Denis Diderot is not a pre-Marxian socialist, so the answer is Denis Diderot.
★Denis Diderot was an Enlightenment thinker and editor of the Encyclopedie.
★He belongs to the Enlightenment, not to the socialist tradition before Marx.
★So he is the one not regarded as a pre-Marxian socialist.
★Robert Owen, Charles Fourier and Saint-Simon were the utopian socialists.
★Marx and Engels called them pre-Marxian or utopian socialists.
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