Under Socialism all this will, of course, be altered. There will be no people living in fetid dens and fetid rags, and bringing up unhealthy, hungerpinched children in the midst of impossible and absolutely repulsive surroundings. The security of society will not depend, as it does now, on the state of the weather. If a frost comes we shall not have a hundred thousand men out of work, tramping about the streets in a state of disgusting misery, or whining to their neighbours for alms, or crowding round the doors of loathsome shelters to try and secure a hunch of bread and a night's unclean lodging. "This text refers to the paperback edition."
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Known for his barbed wit, Oscar Wilde was one of the most successful late - Victorian playwrights and a great celebrity. The Importance of Being Earnest and The Picture of Dorian Gray are among his best known works. He is perhaps most famous for his trial, in which he eloquently defended homosexual love and was sentenced to two years of hard labor.
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The chief advantage that would result from the establishment of Socialism is, undoubtedly, the fact that Socialism would relieve us from that sordid necessity of living for others which, in the present condition of things, presses so hardly upon almost everybody. Read the first page
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Forget all the things which are commonly labelled socialist for a moment and consider why or what its appeal could possibly be and you are unlikely to come up with anything much different from what Oscar Wilde does in this brilliant, over looked, small book.
Wilde waxes lyrical on what he believes could be the result of a permanent relief of poverty, similar to William Morris, here is an uplifting account of a world of improved social obligations. Reasoning that a world without the sorts of obligations compelled by sympathy for others in chronic states of want or poverty would be one where a more profound, convivial, civilised and altogether more honest individualism prevails.
Entirely removed from concrete proposals for policy, personal choices or practices this account has a certain sort of timelessness and doesnt appear arcane, antiquated or dated like a lot of socialist books. It certainly is the ideology at its most romantic, smiley and would appeal to any post-eighties reader who's a libertarian, or even libertine, at heart.
I would recommend this to all readers, politically interested and not so politically interested alike, to anyone more or less hostile towards much maligned and misunderstood (not least by its dearest supporters) socialism. It is a story of sorts and it has more literary than political merit, infact it is to contemporary politics what Jules Verne is to contemporary world travellers, cavers or submariners.
Wilde waxes lyrical on what he believes could be the result of a permanent relief of poverty, similar to William Morris, here is an uplifting account of a world of improved social obligations. Reasoning that a world without the sorts of obligations compelled by sympathy for others in chronic states of want or poverty would be one where a more profound, convivial, civilised and altogether more honest individualism prevails.
Entirely removed from concrete proposals for policy, personal choices or practices this account has a certain sort of timelessness and doesnt appear arcane, antiquated or dated like a lot of socialist books. It certainly is the ideology at its most romantic, smiley and would appeal to any post-eighties reader who's a libertarian, or even libertine, at heart.
I would recommend this to all readers, politically interested and not so politically interested alike, to anyone more or less hostile towards much maligned and misunderstood (not least by its dearest supporters) socialism. It is a story of sorts and it has more literary than political merit, infact it is to contemporary politics what Jules Verne is to contemporary world travellers, cavers or submariners.
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Just. Read. It. Very short, profoundly enlightening and of course beautifully written, a wonderful book. Do not think for a second though that this is a political book, it looks at socialism through a moral filter as opposed to an economic one, but if anything this simply furthers the book's unique nature.
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Oscar Wilde reminds us with absolute clarity, what it ought to mean to be truly human.
The passage of time since then has regrettably taken us even further away from this noble aspiration. How easily we allow ourselves to be waylaid. This really ought to be compulsory reading!!
The passage of time since then has regrettably taken us even further away from this noble aspiration. How easily we allow ourselves to be waylaid. This really ought to be compulsory reading!!
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Aesthetic socialism.
The clue is in the title really, The Soul of Man under Socialism considers the state of affairs we need to establish in order to attain for each of us to achieve their aesthetic... Read more
Published 28 days ago by Mr. N. B. Kenmuir
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Very good
This was an interesting read. Wilde puts forward many thought provoking ideas of how he believed man should and inevitability will be under socialism. Read more
Published 4 months ago by patrick
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Amazing
This has to be one of the most thought provoking and inspirational works around. Genius is thrown around too often these days but look for it in Oscar Wilde's work and you will not... Read more
Published 8 months ago by arcalis
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Enjoyable stuff.
What a strange read this was.
I really enjoyed reading this and am very much intrigued by Wilde and his mind. Read more
I really enjoyed reading this and am very much intrigued by Wilde and his mind. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Wildheart
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A utopian ideal
"Socialism, communism, call it what you will" as Oscar Wilde puts it. It's very true the Socialist movement Wilde discussed in this essay is not the stereotypical view of current... Read more
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