Étienne Cabet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Étienne Cabet

French philosopher

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1788

Place of Birth: Dijon, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1856

Profession: writer, politician, philosopher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Étienne Cabet (French: [kab?]; January 1, 1788 – November 9, 1856) was a French 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, and his communitarian ideals (based on the Golden Rule) later influenced Karl Marx and others.
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.