agrarianism
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An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.
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Agrarianism is a social philosophy or political philosophy which values rural society as superior to urban society, the independent farmer as superior to the paid worker, and sees farming as a way of life that can shape the ideal social values.
Agrarianism was the dominant political philosophy in the countryside, as the peasantry organized a movement independent of any existing party.
John Bell, "The Genesis of Agrarianism in Bulgaria," Balkan Studies, 1975, Vol. 16 Issue 2, pp 73–92 The government promoted modernization, with special emphasis on building a network of elementary and secondary schools.
Schachner, pp. 274, 277. In the report, Hamilton quoted from Wealth of Nations and used the French physiocrats as an example for rejecting agrarianism and the physiocratic theory; respectively.
The Chinese school of agrarianism was a philosophy that advocated peasant utopian communalism and egalitarianism.
It functioned primarily as an information center that spread the ideas of agrarianism and combating socialism on the left and landlords on the right and never launched any significant activities.