Who was the first socialist to believe that the general well-being is incomplete without including women?
Who was the first socialist to believe that the general well-being is incomplete without including women? Correct Answer Charles Fourier
The correct answer is Charles Fourier.
Key Points
- Charles Fourier was a French socialist who advocated a reconstruction of society based on communal associations of producers known as phalanges.
- His system came to be known as Fourierism.
- Charles Fourier was the founder of a feminist tradition within french socialism.
- He was the first socialist to believe that general well-being is incomplete without including women.
- His condemnations of injustices of contemporary society incorporated a critique of the subjection of women, and in the ideal world of harmony which he envisaged the 'liberty' of women would be guaranteed.
- Fourier is credited to have originated the word 'Feminism' in 1837.
Thus, we can say that Charles Fourier was the first socialist to believe that general well-being is incomplete without including women.
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