For instance, Fourier is credited with having originated the word feminism in Fourier's social views and proposals inspired a whole movement of intentional communities. In Guise , France, he influenced the Familistery of Guise [ fr ; de ; pt ]. Fourier later inspired a diverse array of revolutionary thinkers and writers. When his father died in , Fourier received two-fifths of his father's estate, valued at more than , francs. He began writing. His first book was published in but sold few copies.
After six years, it fell into the hands of Monsieur Just Muiron, who eventually became Fourier's patron. Fourier produced most of his writings between and In , he tried to sell his books again but with no success. Fourier died in Paris in Fourier declared that concern and cooperation are the keys to social success. He believed that a society that cooperated would see an immense improvement in its productivity.
Workers would be recompensed for their labor according to their contribution. These buildings were four-level apartment complexes where the richest had the uppermost apartments and the poorest had ground-floor residences.
Wealth was determined by one's job; jobs were assigned based on interest and desire. There were incentives: jobs people might not enjoy doing would receive higher pay. Fourier considered trade , which he associated with Jews, the "source of all evil", and advocated that Jews be forced to perform farm work in the phalansteries. Roth and Richard L. Rubenstein see Fourier as motivated by economic and religious antisemitism rather than the racial antisemitism that emerged later in the century.
Fourier characterized poverty not inequality as the principal cause of disorder in society, and proposed to eradicate it by sufficiently high wages and a "decent minimum" for those unable to work. In his lexicon civilization was a depraved order, a synonym for perfidy and constraint Fourier's attack on civilization had qualities not to be found in the writing of any other social critic of his time.
