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Saint-Simon, Claude-Henri

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Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon

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Saint-Simon’s social theory deeply influenced key figures in the development of the social sciences and socialism from Emile Durkheim and Auguste Comte to Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx. The Saint-Simonian movement inspired the creation of intentional communities and the rise of the French cooperative-based socialism. His emphasis on industrialism and administrative efficiency as the key to progress and social justice had a great influence on the development of industrial public policies.

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Claude-Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, was born in Paris, on October 17, 1760. A philosopher and social reformer belonging to a French aristocratic family, he is a distant cousin of Louis de Rouvroy, Duc de Saint-Simon, famous for his memoirs on the reign of Louis XIV. Between 1779 and 1783, he served with Lafayette in the American Revolution. Imprisoned by British forces, he was commended for...

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  • Musso, P. (2006). La religion du monde industriel, Analyse de la pensée de Saint-Simon. La Tour d’Aigues. Editions de l’Aube.

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  • Additional references are available on the website of the Société d’Etudes Saint-Simoniennes. https://www.societe-des-etudes-saint-simoniennes.org/

  • Bellet, M. (Ed.). (2020). Saint Simon and great economists, Special Issue of the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 27(3). https://doi.org/10.1080/09672567.2020.1762343

  • Saint-Simon, C. H. (1975). In K. Taylor (Ed.), Selected writings on science, industrial and social organization. New York: Taylor & Francis.

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  • Saint-Simon, C. H. (2013). In J. Grange, P. Musso, & P. Régnier (Eds), Oeuvres Complètes (4 Vol.). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France.

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  1. INRAE, SMART, Institut Agro, Angers, France

    Damien Rousselière

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  2. Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Helmut K. Anheier

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    Stefan Toepler

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    Regina A. List

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Rousselière, D. (2023). Saint-Simon, Claude-Henri. In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_811-1

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