Chapter III, Section 1.a
Feudal Socialism: the aristocracy waved the proletarian alms-bag in front for a banner -- a reactionary critique of capitalism from above.
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From The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Chapter III systematically distinguishes scientific communism from reactionary socialism (feudal, petty-bourgeois, 'True' German), conservative/bourgeois socialism (Proudhon), and critical-utopian socialism (Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen).
Chapter III, Section 1.c
'True' or German Socialism critiqued as reactionary philosophical posturing serving petty-bourgeois interests against revolutionary movement.
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Bourgeois Socialism (e.g., Proudhon) wants the benefits of bourgeois society without the struggles and dangers necessarily resulting from it.
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Critical-Utopian Socialism (Saint-Simon, Fourier, Owen) appeared in undeveloped class antagonism period; valuable critique but rejects political action and dreams up fantastical phalansteres and 'Little Icarias.'
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