Understanding Saint Simon's Perspective on Society

📚 Saint Simon is considered one of the precursors of sociology.

🌍 He had different theoretical phases, from addressing the feudal society's disorder to the need for a new social order based on scientific knowledge.

🏭 His industrialism phase was characterized by his focus on the technical and administrative problems of the emerging industrial society.

The thoughts of Saint Simon are based on the concepts of classical economists, such as Adam Smith.

Saint Simon believes in the benefits of liberalizing the economy for the overall society.

He emphasizes the importance of industry in modern society and sees it as a key factor in societal progress.

⚙️ The thought of Marx is strongly influenced by Saint Simon and Adam Smith.

🧪 Saint Simon emphasizes the importance of a new science of humanity based on observable and measurable aspects.

💡 The emergence of social sciences is associated with Saint Simon's ideas.

📚 Saint Simon values the contribution of thinkers who defeated superstition and proposed a new social order based on historical analysis and empirical data.

💔 Saint Simon laments the loss of the old social order and the unity and solidarity it generated through Christian love.

💡 Saint Simon sees history and economics as paradigmatic examples for the construction of new social sciences.

📚 Saint Simon's thought can be divided into two identifiable periods: the period inspired by physics, where he sought to adapt the principles of classical physics to social theory, emphasizing the observability of knowledge and determinism.

🌍 He believed that by studying empirical data and identifying universal patterns and laws, we could understand and predict social phenomena, similar to how we understand the laws of physics.

❌ However, Saint Simon's approach did not fully capture the complexity of reality, as it failed to account for the intricacies and uniqueness of social dynamics.

📚 Saint Simon's idea of social organization as a macro being with different social functions.

💡 The importance of social sciences in maintaining social health.

🌍 The concept of social evolution based on historical research.

🔑 Saint Simon's main idea is that economic administration is crucial in the organization of modern industrial society.

💡 He believes that qualified experts, such as scientists, economists, and engineers, should govern and solve social problems.

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