A Brief History of Utopian Communities

Like saint simon, fourier believed that his great project was to discover laws of human relations to match newton's physics. Foucrier gained enough adherents that in the 18 forties, at least 30 utopian communities were established in the united states based on his ideas. robert owen thought that though biology played a role in human development, so too did the environment within which they lived. He started dumping his fortune into an attempt to build an ideal society, eventually buying an entire town called new harmony where he tried to build his utopia.