Fourier and Computer Dating

Telos: Critical Theory of the Contemporary 1985 (65):127-136 (1985)
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Abstract

The spirit of computer dating, lacking only the technology, was one of a number of schemes by which Charles Fourier wanted to radically transform human sexual relations. Early 19th century socialist thought, socialist movements and experiments were concerned with the entire catalog of miseries afflicting humankind. Monogamy and all its woes figured far more prominently than surplus value, which (according to pharmacists' records) was rarely the cause of suicidal depression. The Marxist tradition, while paying lip service to the “utopian” critique of bourgeois society, repressed most of the “cultural” concerns of early socialism. The Utopians did not ignore or accept capitalism; it was a major evil, but not necessarily the source of all the other evils

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reprint Roelofs, J. (1985) "Fourier and Computer Dating". Télos 1985(65):127-136

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Joan Roelofs
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