Poet, Playwright, Comrade? | The Radical Politics of Oscar Wilde

Описание: Support on Patreon:   / marxistpaul  
Twitter:   / marxistpaul  
Instagram:   / marxistpaul  
Ko-Fi (One-time donation): https://ko-fi.com/marxistpaul

---

You may know Oscar Wilde as a masterful poet, playwright, and author.
But did you know that he wrote a text in 1891 called "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" calling for the complete abolition of all private property? This video takes a look at the lesser-known political side of Oscar Wilde.


---

Music by ESSBEE:    / @essbee298  

---


Utopian Socialism and Scientific Socialism | Socialism 101:    • Utopian Socialism and Scientific Socialism...  

---



Quotes from:

Jane Wilde quote (1848) in Hope and Hunger in a Stricken Land: Jane Wilde and the Great Hunger: https://irishwomenswritingnetwork.com...

Oscar Wilde (1891), The Soul of Man Under Socialism: https://www.marxists.org/reference/ar...

---

Further Reading:

Jane Wilde - A Forgotten Irish Revolutionary, Poet & Feminist https://eirigi.org/latestnews/2019/10...

Hope and Hunger in a Stricken Land: Jane Wilde and the Great Hunger https://irishwomenswritingnetwork.com...

The Radical Politics of Oscar Wilde https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/02/the-...


---

Slavoj Zizek vid:    • Slavoj Zizek - First as Tragedy, Then as F...   (starting around 0:27:30)


---


00:00 Introduction
00:53 Wilde's Background
02:23 The Soul of Man Under Socialism
06:01 Is Wilde a Utopian Socialist?
09:18 Conclusion
10:25 Credits