A New View of Society and Other Writings
In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation ofmankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', a full-scale reorganization of British society, major reforms of working practices and the Poor Laws and the establishment of co-operative model.
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A New View of Society and Other Writings
In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation ofmankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', a full-scale reorganization of British society, major reforms of working practices and the Poor Laws and the establishment of co-operative model.
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A New View of Society and Other Writings

A New View of Society and Other Writings

by Gregory Claeys, Robert Owen
A New View of Society and Other Writings

A New View of Society and Other Writings

by Gregory Claeys, Robert Owen

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Overview

In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation ofmankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', a full-scale reorganization of British society, major reforms of working practices and the Poor Laws and the establishment of co-operative model.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780141932194
Publisher: Penguin UK
Publication date: 11/29/2007
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 432
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was one of the greatest of British social reformers.


George Claeys received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is now Associate Professor of History at Washington University.

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