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“If we were to define our conception of the State, our answer would be that the State is the banker of the poor. The government would finance and supervise the purchase of productive equipments and the formation of social workshops.” In light of the above statement of Louis Blanc, throw light on the Pre-Marxist Socialist Thought in Europe.

  • UPSC 2014
  • Enlightenment and Modern Ideas

Louis Blanc's image of the state as "the banker of the poor" marks the moment pre-Marxist socialism moved from moral protest to a concrete political programme.

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  • Roots in Enlightenment and Revolution
  • Saint-Simon: The Technocratic State
  • Fourier: The Phalanstery and Attractive Labour
  • Owen: Reform Through Demonstration
  • Louis Blanc: From Philanthropy to Politics
  • The Radical and Anarchist Fringe
  • …and 1 more sections, with a conclusion

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