What is Utopian socialism?
[[File:New Harmony by F. Bate (View of a Community, as proposed by Robert Owen) printed 1838.jpg|thumb|Vision of [[New Harmony, Indiana|New Harmony]], an idea that wasn't realised. ]] '''Utopian socialism''' is the name for the early movements of [[socialism]]: They are based on the idea of an [[Utopia|ideal state]], and on shared property. They started before the revolutions of 1848. The idea of socialism started after the French Revolution. The socialism movements can be claissified into several time periods; the first of these periods is called Utopian socialism, or '''early socialism'''. Well known people who were part of Utopian socialism were [[Henri de Saint-Simon]], [[Robert Owen]], [[Charles Fourier]], [[Pierre-Joseph Proudhon]] and [[Étienne Cabet]]. [[Category:Socialism]]