phalanx

Japanese: phalanx
phalanx

…It is said that “My Home in Kentucky” was also conceived here. In the western suburbs, there are remains of the Fourierist utopia “Phalanx.” [Okada Yasuo].

From Brook Farm

…An idealistic farm established in April 1841 in West Roxbury, a suburb of Boston, by a follower of American Transcendentalism. Later, influenced by C. Fourier, it was also called the Phalanx. In the words of its leader, George Ripley (1802-80), the aim of the enterprise was to secure “a more natural unity between the labor of the head and the labor of the hands than exists at present,” but as early as 1846 it faced financial difficulties and collapsed. …

From [Heavy Infantry]

…They wore heavy bronze armor and often rode into battle on horseback. When they encountered the enemy, they would dismount, hand their horses over to their attendants, and march on foot in a phalanx with their fellow warriors, shields lined up close together, brandishing long spears at the enemy. Light infantry supported them from the rear. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "phalanx" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また《ケンタッキーのわが家》もこの地で構想されたという。西郊にフーリエ主義者の理想郷〈ファランクスPhalanx〉の跡がある。【岡田 泰男】。…

【ブルック・ファーム】より

…アメリカのトランセンデンタリズムの信奉者が1841年4月にボストン郊外のウェスト・ロクスベリーに開設した理想主義農場。のちC.フーリエの影響をうけて〈ファランクスPhalanx〉とも呼ばれた。指導者リプリーGeorge Ripley(1802‐80)の言葉を借りると,この事業の目的は〈頭と手の労働の間に現在よりも自然な統一を確保すること〉だったが,早くも46年には財政難から破局を迎えることになる。…

【重装歩兵】より

…彼らは重いブロンズづくりの甲冑(かつちゆう)をつけ,多くは騎馬で戦場におもむく。いざ敵に接すると馬から下りて,馬を従者に渡し,徒歩で仲間の戦士たちとびっしり盾を並べて密集隊形(ファランクスphalanx)を組み,長い突槍をふりかざし敵にあたっていった。これを後方から軽装兵が応援した。…

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