How was Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve involved with Saint-Simonian reformers?

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve’s involvement with the Saint-Simonian reformers began as a passing attachment driven by his growing interest in social speculation.1

When the Saint-Simonians took over the management of the periodical Le Globe in 1830, Sainte-Beuve was tasked with drafting two manifestos, or "professions of faith," for the group. Although he was eventually repelled by the intemperance and sentimental excesses of the movement's leaders, he maintained a lingering sympathy for their vision of a technocratic society based on the brotherhood of man for three decades.1