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Der Sozialismus und die Seele des Menschen

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An edition of The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1891)

Der Sozialismus und die Seele des Menschen

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Dieser Essay Wildes ist das ungewöhnliche Plädoyer für einen Sozialismus, der die Beschäftigung mit ›dem Schönen‹ nicht ausschließen soll. Wildes soziale Utopie entwirft gesellschaftliche Bedingungen, die es jedem erlauben sollen, ein individualistisch geprägtes, ja egoistisches Leben zu führen – der Künstler verkörpert dabei den freien Menschen par excellence.

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Diogenes Verlag
Language
German
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73

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Subjects
Biography, Classic Literature, Fiction, Irish authors, Nonfiction, Philosophy, Political science, Politics, Socialism
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Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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19th century

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Cover of: The soul of man under socialism, and other essays.
The soul of man under socialism, and other essays.
1970, Harper & Row
in English
Cover of: Der Sozialismus und die Seele des Menschen
Der Sozialismus und die Seele des Menschen: Ein Essay
1970, Diogenes Verlag
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The soul of man under socialism
1912, A.L. Humphreys
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Di menshlikhe neshome in a sotsyalisṭisher gezelshafṭ
1910, Mayzel eṭ ḳo.
in Yiddish
Cover of: The soul of man under socialism, The socialist ideal art, and The coming solidarity
The soul of man under socialism, The socialist ideal art, and The coming solidarity: By Oscar Wilde, William Morris, W.C. Owen
1892, Humboldt Pub. Co.
in English
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The soul of man under socialism, The socialist ideal art, and The coming solidarity.: By Oscar Wilde, William Morris, W.C. Owen.
1892, Humboldt Pub. Co.
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The soul of man under socialism.
1891
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Series
Diogenes-Taschenbuch, 3
Other Titles
Soul of Man Under Socialism
Translation Of
The Soul of Man Under Socialism
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English

Contributors

Translator
Gustav Landauer
Translator
Hedwig Lachmann

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Paperback
Pagination
73p.
Number of pages
73
Dimensions
18 x x centimeters

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OL26735280M
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"The Soul of Man Under Socialism" is an 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde in which he expounds a libertarian socialist worldview and a critique of chary. The writing of "The Soul of Man" followed Wilde's conversion to anarchist philosophy, following his reading of the works of Peter Kropotkin.

In "The Soul of Man" Wilde argues that, under capitalism, "the majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated altruism—are forced, indeed, so to spoil them": instead of realising their true talents, they waste their time solving the social problems caused by capitalism, without taking their common cause away. Thus, caring people "seriously and very sentimentally set themselves to the task of remedying the evils that they see in poverty but their remedies do not cure the disease: they merely prolong it" because, as Wilde puts it, "the proper aim is to try and reconstruct society on such a basis that poverty will be impossible."

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