Fourier’s ideas about education and training may be seen as part of a libertarian tradition which gives a central place to « learners », whatever their age or sex, and which has its starting point in their desires and needs, aiming at their autonomy and self achievement. This education likes to see itself as exhaustive and integral : activities of the mind, manual activities, work, leisure... Just like fourierist work, it intends to be attractive. Fourier is fully entitled to take place in the rich tradition of the libertarian theories and experience dealing with pedagogy and education.

Historien et militant syndical et associatif, Michel Antony est engagé principalement dans le soutien aux réfugiés et dans la défense et la promotion des services publics. C’est un partisan du socialisme libertaire et autogestionnaire, qu’il souhaite pluriel, pragmatique et ouvert. Ses recherches se spécialisent dans les pensées, les courants et les mouvements utopiques et/ou libertaires, auxquels il consacre un site constamment mis à jour (www.acratie.eu).