Selected Works of Saint-Simon, Volume 1

Author: Wang Yansheng et al
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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 distribution according to labor. However, due to the immature historical conditions of the time, Saint-Simon's theories also had significant limitations, primarily reflected in his advocacy of retaining private ownership and treating the promotion of peace as the only means to achieve social transformation. The previous edition of this selection was translated from a Russian version, and for this reissue, it has been thoroughly revised according to the original French edition of Oeuvres complètes d'Henri de Saint-Simon, with several additional articles that were not included in the Russian translation being newly translated and added.