ABSTRACT
Francois Fourier is often called a nonenvironmentalist. He stressed the fixed character of human nature. Fourier had no vision of evil in his conception of human nature, and therefore unlike Burke and Bonald he thought social coercions were unnecessary. Fourier, with his proposal to liberate human nature, had the same reformist message as Owen. Fourier postulated a good human core in human nature that only required liberation. Fourier's specific opposition to competition, conflict, and duplication raises questions, for he was one of those socialists opposed to industrial society because of its incoherence and disorganization. Fourier had a passion for economy; he thought great savings could be achieved by socialist remedies. In the implicit union of Fourier's passional scheme there will never be a contradiction between two urges. The theory of Fourier ends with Owen; the problem of freedom was solved by psychological definition, the issue of politics eliminated, and government reduced to administration.
