The Soul of Man under Socialism
The Soul of Man under Socialism first appeared in the Fortnightly Review in February 1891 and is Oscar Wilde's one sustained political essay; this edition reproduces the printing of 1900 titled simply The Soul of Man. Wilde argues that the abolition of private property would free people from the sordid necessity of living for others and make a true individualism possible, that charity degrades both giver and receiver, and that the artist is the type of the free man whose work owes nothing to the public, the press or popular taste. Along the way he dismisses authoritarian socialism, praises disobedience, considers Christ as an individualist and declares that a map of the world without Utopia is not worth glancing at. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the opening pages free.
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