Selected Works of Saint-Simon (Volume 1)

Author: Wang Yansheng, Xu Zhongnian, Xu Jien, et al. Translated, Dong Guoliang Proofread
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Publishing Date: 1979-12-01
Features: Henri de Saint-Simon was an outstanding French thinker and one of the most famous representatives of utopian socialism. Marx and Engels ranked him alongside Fourier and Owen as one of the three great utopian socialists. Saint-Simon strongly opposed the unproductive feudal nobility and military class, believing that society should be led by industrialists and scientists. He also proposed a series of socialist-inspired ideas, such as the implementation of a universal labor obligation system, planned economy, and labor-based distribution. However, due to the immature historical conditions of the time, Saint-Simon's theories also had significant limitations, primarily manifested in his advocacy of retaining private ownership and treating the promotion of peace as the sole means of achieving social transformation. The original edition of this selection was translated from a Russian version, and for this revised edition, it was proofread according to the French edition of The Complete Works of Henri de Saint-Simon and supplemented with several articles that were not included in the Russian translation.