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Étienne Cabet

1788 - 1856

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Étienne Cabet (French: [etjɛn kabɛ]; January 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856) was a philosopher and utopian socialist who founded the Icarian movement. Cabet became the most popular socialist advocate of his day, with a special appeal to artisans who were being undercut by factories. Cabet published Voyage en Icarie in French in 1839 (and in English in 1840 as Travels in Icaria), in which he proposed replacing capitalist production with workers' cooperatives. Recurrent problems with French officials (a treason conviction in 1834 resulted in five years' exile in England), led him to emigrate to the United States in 1848. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Cabet is the 368th most popular philosopher (up from 396th in 2019), the 1,024th most popular biography from France (up from 1,128th in 2019) and the 48th most popular French Philosopher.

He is most famous for his utopian novel "Voyage to Icaria" which he wrote in 1839. The novel describes a society where there is no private property, and all people are equal.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Étienne Cabet ranks 368 out of 1,267. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Julius Caesar Scaliger, Stilpo, Ramanuja, Maurice Halbwachs, and Francisco de Vitoria. After him are Wilhelm Windelband, Alexandre Koyré, Pierre d'Ailly, Chandrakirti, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, and Jacques Rancière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Étienne Cabet ranks 11. Before him are Archduke Rudolf of Austria, Christian Jürgensen Thomsen, Jean-Victor Poncelet, Ranavalona I, Princess Augusta of Bavaria, and Infante Carlos, Count of Molina. After him are Antoine César Becquerel, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Robert Peel, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Johan Christian Dahl. Among people deceased in 1856, Étienne Cabet ranks 10. Before him are Max Stirner, Nikolai Lobachevsky, Adolphe Adam, Paul Delaroche, John Ross, and Ivan Paskevich. After him are Ľudovít Štúr, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, Wilhelm von Biela, and Théodore Chassériau.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Cabet ranks 1,024 out of 6,770. Before him are Georges Bernanos (1888), Louis Desaix (1768), Ernest Chausson (1855), Charlotte of Savoy (1441), Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836), and Victoire of France (1733). After him are Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Theudebert II (585), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), René Just Haüy (1743), and Aimé Bonpland (1773).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Étienne Cabet ranks 48. Before him are Henri Lefebvre (1901), Félix Guattari (1930), Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Louis Couturat (1868), René Girard (1923), and Maurice Halbwachs (1877). After him are Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Edgar Morin (1921), Antoine Arnauld (1612), Richard Avenarius (1843), and Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754).

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