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Étienne Cabet

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Also known as Cabet, Etienne Cabet, Icaria (utopia), Etienne Cabot, Francis Adams

French philosopher (1788–1856)

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Étienne Cabet was a French philosopher, politician, writer, and revolutionary. Born in Dijon in 1788, he worked in Paris and served as a member of the French National Assembly. He participated in the July Revolution. Cabet wrote in French, with notable works including *The Voyage to Icaria* and *Histoire populaire de la révolution française de 1789 à 1830*. His archives are held at the International Institute of Social History.

Cabet died of a stroke in St. Louis in 1856. He is described in sources such as the *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition and *Nordisk familjebok*.

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Works
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  • Viaje Por Icaria
  • Histoire populaire de la révolution française de 1789 à 1830
  • Voyage en Icarie
  • Voyage en Icarie
  • Révolution de 1830 et situation présente (mai 1833): expliquées et éclairées par les révolutions ..

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Origin
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Active from
1990
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Key facts

Born
( 1788-01-01 ) January 1, 1788, Dijon , Burgundy , Kingdom of France
Died
November 9, 1856 (1856-11-09) (aged 68), St. Louis , Missouri , U.S.
Occupation
Philosopher
Known for
Founder of the Icarian movement
Notable work
Travel and Adventures of Lord William Carisdall in Icaria (1840)

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Works in European collections

17 objects attributed to Étienne Cabet, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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. Cabet founded utopian communities in Texas and Illinois, but was again undercut, this time by recurring feuds with his followers.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Étienne Cabet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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