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Saint-Simonism was born out of the philosophical ferment stimulated by the French and industrial revolutions. The sect developed in 1825 from a small group clustered around Henri de Saint-Simon, mainly consisting of young engineers, doctors and their wives and sisters. The movement reflected the optimism of Romanticism and faith in science.
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Pilbeam, P. (2013). A New Generation Planning for a Golden Age. In: Saint-Simonians in Nineteenth-Century France. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137313966_2
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