Pierre Leroux
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Pierre Henri Leroux was a French philosopher and political economist.
Leroux in 1865
Pierre Leroux in exile, 1856
Statue of Pierre Leroux at Boussac
Caricature of Leroux in 1848–49 by Cham
Socialism
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Socialism is an economic ideology and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownershi
Pierre Leroux
…and Socialism" ("De l’individualisme et du socialisme") which, despite its message of scepticism towards both tendencies, introduced the term "socialism" in French political discourse. In 1834, with Jean Reynaud, who had seceded with him, he founded the Encyclopédie nouvelle. Amongst the articles which…
New Harmony, a utopian attempt as proposed by Robert Owen
Socialists in Union Square, New York City on May Day 1912
Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist Vladimir Lenin in 1920
R. H. Tawney, founder of ethical socialism