Robert Owen
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Born May 14, 1771
Died November 17, 1858 (87 years old)
Newtown, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
16 books
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Welsh textile manufacturer and social reformer
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A new view of society; or, Essays on the formation of the human character preparatory to the development of a plan for gradually ameliorating the condition of mankind
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The selected works of Robert Owen
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Robert Owen (1771-1858) was the founder of British socialism, and one of the most influential reformers in Britain and America in the first half of the 19th century. This book contains all Owen's key writings on the ideal community, socialism, religion, and the capitalist economic system.
A developement of the principles and plans onwhich to establish self-supporting home colonies
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Address on opening the Institution for the Formation of Character, at New Lanark
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An address by Robert Owen outlining his view of the malleability of human nature, and calling for a radical change in the way social institutions are established. Human progress is inhibited by the lack of knowledge about how human beings are to be educated so as to pursue productive activities and eschew debilitating vices.