The Utopian Society of George Ripley

George Ripley became more and more interested in a new vision of the utopian society, described by French philosopher Charles Fourier. The Brook Farm concept had always been at odds with the individualism that was part of the Transcendentalist movement. But Fourier's utopia smoothed out that particular wrinkle. In 1844, Brook Farm officially reorganized as a quote Fourier phalanx.