Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Commune, Communal, and Community

[Howard Landman (howard]

It's also interesting to note that the pre-Marx definitions of
"communism" and "socialism" were as singular nouns meaning
roughly the same as the present-day "commune".  That is,
"a socialism" was a (small) group of people who lived together
communally.  J. H. Noyes (founder of the Oneida community)
titled his survey of early-19th-century U.S. communes "A
History Of American Socialisms".  Unfortunately, Communists-
With-A-Capital-C commandeered both terms into meaning large
national-scale political movements.

        Howard A. Landman

        "Socialism will never work.  It occupies
         far too many evenings."
                - Oscar Wilde
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