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

The chiefs of the Cabet, St. Simon, Lébout, Carac, Tuvir, and five others, whose names I must not mention now, have drawn their followers together to act under the orders of the secret council.

From Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 by Various

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.

It appealed strongly to the discontented masses, and it is said that by 1847 Cabet had no less than four hundred thousand adherents among the workers of France.

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

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)