Cabet

American  

[ka-be] / kaˈbɛ /

noun

1. Étienne 1788–1856, French socialist who established a utopian community in the U.S. (in Illinois) called Icaria: became U.S. citizen 1854.

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Example Sentences

Deeply scarred by the 1930s Depression, politicians, labor leaders and intellectuals adopted the slogan of 19th century French Utopian Socialist Etienne Cabet: "Nothing is impossible for a government that wants the good of its citizens."

From Time Magazine Archive

Babeuf, Saint-Simon, Cabet, and Louis Blanc set forth new ideals of government, which were diametrically opposed to the practices of the French government in preceding centuries.

From History of Human Society by Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

And yet, the woman who positively bewitched, one after another, so many of Delacroix' eminent contemporaries, Jules Sandeau, Alfred de Musset, Michel de Bourges, Chopin, Pierre Leroux, Cabet, Lammenais, etc., had no power over him.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

So, for example, Communism as taught by Cabet, Dezamy, Weitling, and others is a dogmatic abstraction....

From The life and teaching of Karl Marx by Beer, M.

When the clamor rose for a practical test of the theories set forth so alluringly, Cabet visited Robert Owen in England and sought advice as to the best site for such an experiment.

From Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles by Spargo, John