Owenism


Owenism

the principles of social and labor reform along communistic lines developed by Robert Owen (1771-1858). — Owenite, n.See also: Economics
the social and political theories of Robert Owen, an early 19th-century British reformer whose emphasis upon cooperative education and living led to the founding of communal experiments, including the ill-fated community of New Harmony, Indiana, purchased from the Rappites. — Owenite, n.See also: Communalism