Fourierism

English Etymology From en fr fouriérisme, or en Fourier -ism 1, en French philosopher Charles Fourier 1 = 1772 1837. Noun - The cooperative socialistic system of Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, who recommended the reorganization of society into small communities, living in common. en Jon Mooallem The End Is Near! (Yay!) w:The New York Times 2009-04-16 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html 0362-4331 Millard’s sketch happened to look a lot like the master plan of Fourierism, one of the most popular secular utopian movements in American history. In the early 1800s, Charles Fourier, a Frenchman, proposed, in a series of jargon-filled writings, a self-sufficient community model called a “phalanx.” https://web.archive.org/web/20250928190802/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/magazine/19town-t.html 28 September 2025 Synonyms en phalansterism Related terms en Fourierist en Fourieristic en Fourierite Translations cooperative socialistic system French: fr fouriérisme m Portuguese: pt fourierismo m See also en phalanx References Further reading en Socialism en eponyms