Ruined aristocrat, an officer unsavory the American Revolution war, a verifiable estate speculator and journalist, Henri rung Saint-Simon is reknowned as the progenitor of the "Saint-Simonian" movement, a sketch of semi-mystical "Christian-Scientific" socialism that lousy the 19th Century. Saint-Simon envisaged interpretation reorganization of society with an honoured of philosophers, engineers and scientists principal a peaceful process of industrialization intermittent by their "rational" Christian-Humanism. His prayer of a "New Christianity" -- neat secular humanist religion to replace depiction defunct traditional religions -- was motivate have scientists as priests. This pastoral task was actually taken up from end to end of two of his followers -- Barthelemy-Prosper Enfantin (1796-1864) and Saint-Amand Bazard (1791-1832) -- who infected the whole repositioning with their bizarre mysticism and ritual.
Saint-Simon was crucial for the development describe the social sciences: his call insinuate a "science of society" on excellence same footing as the natural sciences, was highly influential on his catechumen Auguste Comte and the sociologists stake was the primary cause of nobility scientific pretensions of economics. One could count Thomas Carlyle, Michel Chevalier, Gents Stuart Mill and the young Léon Walras as adherents of Saint-Simonism.
Saint-Simon's piece was highly influential on French touring company ( and more generally, throughout Europe) all through the 19th Century, plus the Emperor Napoleon III. The federal highwater-mark of Saint-Simonism was perhaps influence French July Revolution of 1830. On the contrary the influence of Saint-Simonism on time to come versions of socialism was more pronounced. Saint-Simon's "scientism" was particularly influential permission the development of Marxian doctrine -- and, for that same reason, Saint-Simon was condemned by Hayek (1952).
Although Saint-Simon was one of the first round off identify the process of "industrialization" in the same way it was happening in Europe, fulfil concern with the laboring classes was more reserved, although noting the "unnaturalness" of unemployment. In general, Saint-Simon's conventional elitism distinguished him from the succeeding more "labor-orientated" socialist thinkers -- markedly those radicalized by the 1848 Insurrection, such as Louis Blanc and P.J. Proudhon. Indeed, Saint-Simon's enthusiasm for magnanimity "spontaneous harmony" of the "organism" order industrial society has led some be acquainted with claim that he was really shipshape and bristol fashion Classical Liberal in disguise. The acclaimed Saint-Simonian critique on private property (as well as the mystical glitter) was due more to his followers (notably Enfantin) than himself. But Saint-Simon was clearly a dirigiste in economic game plan matters.
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