Albert Chavannes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetAlbert Chavannes
American academic
Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1836
Place of Birth: Lausanne, canton of Bern, Switzerland
Date of Death: 03-May-1903
Profession: sociologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Albert Chavannes
- Albert Chavannes (February 23, 1836 – May 3, 1903) was a Swiss-born American author, philosopher, and sociologist, active primarily in the late 19th century.
- He is best known for his two utopian novels, The Future Commonwealth and In Brighter Climes, which discuss a fictional futuristic society, "Socioland," where the economy is governed by socialist ideals rather than capitalism, and where morality is based on social scientific experimentation, rather than traditional religion.
- Chavannes was also one of the earliest social theorists to extensively discuss exchange theory, and his ideas on "magnetism" (magnetation) influenced writers such as J.
- William Lloyd and Ida C.
- Craddock.
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