Étienne Cabet ( January 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856) was a French philosopher and utopian socialist. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Utopian Socialism is the term for the first currents of modern Socialist thought. ...
In 1831, he was elected into the chamber of deputies, but due to his bitter attacks on the French Government he was sentenced for treason and fled to England. Influenced by Robert Owen, he wrote the book Voyage et aventures de lord William Carisdall en Icarie ("Travel and adventures of lord William Carisdall in Icaria") (1840) which depicted an ideal society in which an elected government controlled all economic activity and supervised social affairs, the family remaining the only other independent unit. He was the founder of the Icarian movement, named after a utopian society described in his book. Robert Owen. ... This article is about Icaria, a Greek island. ... See Utopia (disambiguation) for other meanings of this word Utopia, in its most common and general meaning, refers to a hypothetical perfect society. ...
In 1848 Cabet attempted to organize Icarian communities in the United States. Eventually his efforts failed, but small Icarian communities existed even after his death, until 1898. One of these communities was established in the recently vacated "beautiful city" of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Nauvoo, Illinois. 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The title Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints can refer to: the full, formal title given to the Church of Christ in 1838; an early spelling of the church that is now officially titled The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; an early name by which... Nauvoo (נאוו to be beautiful, Sephardi Hebrew Nåvu, Tiberian Hebrew Nâwû) is a city located in Hancock County, Illinois. ...
In 1834 Cabet was exiled for his attacks on the government.
In 1839 Cabet was permitted to return to France, where he published Histoire populaire de la révolution française de 1789 à 1830 (Popular History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1830, 4 vol., 1839–40) and the novel Voyage en Icarie (Voyage to Icaria, 1840).
In 1849 Cabet and 280 of his adherents immigrated to the U.S. and founded an Icarian community at Nauvoo, Ill. The population never numbered more than 1800, and only some of Cabet's ideas were put into effect.
ÉtienneCabet, utopian socialist and founder of the Icarian movement, was born in Dijon, France, on January 1, 1788, the son of Claude and Françoise (Bertier) Cabet.
Cabet also became closely associated with the opposition and embarked on a career of political and social activism that dominated the rest of his life.
Cabet believed that environment determined human nature and that people, whom he saw as perfectible and rational, would produce a perfect society when placed in a perfect environment.
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