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History of socialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The first modern socialists were early 19th century Western European social critics. In this period socialism emerged from a diverse array of doctrines and social ...
Origins of socialism - Marxism and the socialist movement
socialism: The Early Theorists - Infoplease
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Socialism arose in the late 18th and early 19th cent. ... Although many thinkers in the past expressed ideas that were similar to later socialism, the first theorist who may properly be called socialist was François Noël Babeuf, who came to prominence during the French Revolution.