{"product_id":"the-soul-of-man-oscar-wilde-9781517654665","title":"The Soul of Man","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Soul of Man\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"(T)he past is what man should not have been. The present is what man ought not to be. The future is what artists are.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published originally as \"The Soul of Man Under Socialism,\" this is not so much a work of sober political analysis; rather it can be summed up as a rhapsodic manifesto on behalf of the Individual. Socialism having deployed technology to liberate the whole of humanity from soul-destroying labour, the State obligingly withers away to allow the free development of a joyful, anarchic hedonism... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Is this Utopian? A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Far from abandoning the epigram in favour of the slogan, Wilde wittily assails several of his favourite targets: the misguided purveyors of philanthropy; life-denying ascetics of various kinds; the army of the half-educated who constitute themselves the enemies of Art - and those venal popular journalists who cater to them... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Behind the barricade there may be much that is noble and heroic. But what is there behind the leading-article but prejudice, stupidity, cant, and twaddle?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517654661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517654665\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.08d","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46250504257791,"sku":"9781517654665","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8e4b286f-e4b6-45eb-90cf-28e6473e74b9.jpg?v=1729600512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soul-of-man-oscar-wilde-9781517654665","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}