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Theory of social organization

Charles Fourier · 1876 · Scanned text · Free in the US

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Author
Charles Fourier
Language
English
Published
1876
Length
249,748 words · about 17 h 29 min
Sections
42 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (42)
  1. Front matter about 1 min
  2. Part First. Abstract Theory about 1 min
  3. Table Of Contents under 1 min
  4. Introduction about 2 h 19 min
  5. II about 18 min
  6. III. Duality Of Social Destiny — Social Infancy Of The about 16 min
  7. Chapter First. Germs Of Association about 22 min
  8. Chapter Second about 32 min
  9. Chapter Third about 15 min
  10. Chapter Fourth. Examination Of Questions Which Are The Subject Of Controversy about 16 min
  11. Chapter Fifth about 19 min
  12. Chapter Sixth about 37 min
  13. Chapter Seventh about 33 min
  14. Chapter Eighth about 22 min
  15. Chapter Ninth about 26 min
  16. Conclusion about 2 min
  17. Chapter Tenth about 1 h 45 min
  18. IV. Spoliation Op The Social Body By Agiotage.* about 6 min
  19. VI. Concluding Remakes On Commerce about 4 min
  20. VII about 56 min
  21. PART SECOND. Chap about 2 min
  22. Chapter First about 16 min
  23. Chapter Second. Division Of The Economies Of Association Into Generic And Potential about 10 min
  24. Chapter Third about 8 min
  25. Chapter Fourth. Compound Economies; Increase Of Production In Various Degrees about 20 min
  26. Chapter Fifth. Elementary Description Of The Series In Their Application To Industry about 7 min
  27. Chapter Sixth. Number Of Members, And Their Distribution about 18 min
  28. Chapter Seventh. The Three Distributive Passions, Or The Organic Forces Of The Series about 16 min
  29. Chapter Eighth about 14 min
  30. Chapter Ninth. Imperfect Series ; Correctives To Be Applied about 18 min
  31. Chapter Tenth. Preparations For A Practical Trial Of Association about 8 min
  32. Chapter Eleventh. Internal Administration ; Investment Of Capital about 6 min
  33. Chapter Twelfth. The Palace Of The Association : Its Internal Distribution about 1 h 39 min
  34. Chapter Twenty-first. Corollaries In Regard To The Education Of Early about 10 min
  35. Chapter Twenty-second. Progressive Education Of The Nurslings about 12 min
  36. Chapter Twenty-third about 15 min
  37. Chapter Twenty-fourth. Education Of The Second Phase Of Childhood, Aged From Four To Nine about 4 min
  38. Chapter Twenty-fifth about 10 min
  39. Chapter Twenty-sixth. The Harmonic Training Of Animals about 13 min
  40. Chapter Twenty-seventh. Branches Of Agriculture Adapted To Children about 9 min
  41. Chapter Twenty-eighth. The Culinary Art, And Its Influence On Education about 15 min
  42. Chapter Twenty-ninth. Compound Precocity Of Children In The Combined about 2 h 30 min

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Front matter

IOLOGICAL SERIES No. II.

THEORY social Organization

BY

Part First. Abstract Theory

Chap.

I. Germs of Association, .... . . 30

^ II. General View of the Social Destiny of Man — Existing

Prejudices on the Subject, . 43

III. Omission of the Study of Man, — Necessity of Repairing

this Neglect, . . . 61

V. The Seven Natural Rights of Man, v . . . . 78

VI. Commerce : Rank which it occupies in the four phases of

Civilization, . . . .89

VII. Passional Attraction, and the seven-fold Guarantee which

it establishes between God and Man, . . . . Ill

VIII. The Innumerable Absurdities with which God would be chargeable, had he failed to frame and reveal to Man a Social Code based on Attraction, . . . . . 128

IX. Detailed Examination of the Seven Guarantees inherent

in Attraction, . 141

X. The Alternative, in the Divine Mind, between Associated

and Isolated' Industry, .... . 157

Appendix

Noth.

I. General View of the Theory of Universal Unily, . . 165 II. Characteristics of Commerce, . 191

IV

Table Of Contents

Commercial License; its Known Evils and Unknown Dangers, 203

I. Origin of Political Economy and of the Mercantile Con- V troversy, . 205

II. Spoliation of the Social Body by Bankruptcy, . . 208

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