Political Science · Political Theory
Who is Not a utopian Socialist?
ACharles Fourier
BRobert Owen
CAuguste Comte ✓ Correct
DHenri de Saint-Simon
Correct answer: (C) Auguste Comte — Auguste Comte is not counted among the utopian socialists.
Explanation
★Auguste Comte is not counted among the utopian socialists.
★He is the founder of positivism and is often called the father of sociology.
★He served as secretary to Saint-Simon but developed his own positivist philosophy.
★Charles Fourier is a classic utopian socialist who imagined ideal communities called phalanxes.
★Robert Owen was a utopian socialist reformer who founded the model community of New Lanark.
★Henri de Saint-Simon is another founding utopian socialist who stressed industry and science.
★Marx and Engels later contrasted these utopian socialists with their own scientific socialism.
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