Utopian socialism is a term used to define the first currents of modern Socialist thought. Although it is technically possible for any person living at any time in history to be a utopian socialist, the term is most often applied to those utopian socialists who lived in the first quarter of the 19th century. From the mid-19th century onwards, the other branches of socialism far surpassed the utopian version in terms of intellectual development and number of supporters. Utopian socialists were important in the formation of modern movements for intentional community and cooperatives.
Utopian socialists never actually used this name to describe themselves; the term "utopian socialism" was introduced by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (in The Communist Manifesto) and used by later socialist thinkers to describe early socialist or quasi-socialist intellectuals who created hypothetical visions of perfect egalitarian and communalist societies without actually concerning themselves with the manner in which these societies could be created or sustained.
2007-01-28 19:42:44
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answered by ryan s 5
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Hmmmm, i don't like nationalists and that i don't like faith mixed into authorities. both were very risky contained in the previous (Nazi Germany as a nationalist state, and exceptionally a lot any theocracy as a religious state). an earthly authorities might want to be strong, as long as if it become no longer an atheist authorities. i do not trust in God, yet i'm no longer going to limit different from believing it. The time period 'utopia' actually ability nowhere, yet by technique of definition that is a ideal society. via subjectivity of perfection, a utopian society will be some thing. i wager out of your options, i might want to help a secularist utopian socialist authorities.
2016-12-02 21:31:55
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answered by ? 4
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I always thought of Buckminster Fuller as a utopian visionary,
envisioning a free-form geometric architecture of equal pieces networked into graceful structures of mutual support.
2007-01-26 14:33:46
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answered by DW2020 5
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Think the easiest thing is to give you this link - it is a comprehensive discussion of the term:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopian_socialism
2007-01-22 00:17:40
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answered by rdenig_male 7
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in fact , all communists...because they are dreaming of a world which will never exist...if you read "UTOPIA" by Sir Thomas More , you will see that better
2007-01-22 01:01:12
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answered by Anonymous
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