Description |
xvi, 584 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 529-545) and index. |
Contents |
Roots. Franch-Comte and family ; The making of a Fourierist ; Fourierist leader ; Marriage and politics -- Socialism. Journalist and lecturer ; "Social science' ; Among the early socialist ; Toward a radical politics -- Revolution. Revolutionary springtime ; Reaction and renewal ; June 13, 1849 ; Belgian exile -- Texas. Discovering America ; A Texas Utopia ; Uvalde Canyon ; San Antonio Farmer -- Return. Under two sieges ; Ghost of the Latin quarter. |
Summary |
"Jonathan Beecher's study is both a story of one of the most engaging figures among the French romantic intellectuals of the 1840s and a chronicle of early French socialism. Victor Considerant (1808-1893), a follower of the great utopian thinker Charles Fourier, played an important role in the creation of a Fourierist movement and the development of socialist journalism. In the process of conveying a rich understanding of Considerant's life, Beecher traces the rise and fall of French romantic socialism and demonstrates how the utopian visions of thinkers such as Fourier came to inspire a generation of young radicals and reformers not only in France but also in Dostoyevsky's Russia and in the America of Horace Greeley and Margaret Fuller.". |
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"In presenting the life, times, and writings of this significant historical figure, Beecher paints a vivid portrait of an important period of European intellectual history and gives his readers insight into the experience of a generation of thinkers and political activists. This comprehensive history will become the definitive work on Victor Considerant and - along with Beecher's classic study of Fourier - a major contribution to the history of French socialism in the nineteenth century."--BOOK JACKET. |
Subject |
Considerant, Victor, 1808-1893.
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Socialists -- France -- Biography.
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Socialists -- Texas -- Biography.
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Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837 -- Influence -- History -- 19th century.
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Utopian socialism -- France -- History -- 19th century.
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ISBN |
0520222970 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780520222977 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Standard No. |
NLGGC 192027980 |
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AU@ 000022030137 |
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