Any works concerning individual life under communism?

[Incendiarism]

I think it's a rather worrying trend, and definitely something that could be used against us, that being the individual playing second fiddle, or somehow being subjugated for the good of the community.

The only work I'm familiar with that speaks of the individual's role under communism would be Oscar Wilde's essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism(and maybe Paul Lafargue?).

I'm well aware what role the community could play into developing the physical and intellectual abilities of the individual, and that individual liberty is a must for a true communist society to exist, but I never find them fulfilling or at a reasonable length.

I think it's something we need to closely examine, so any further recommendations are welcome and thanked in advance.

[BIG BROTHER]

well to be honest i don't know of any works regarding individual life under communism. To me reading about such thing due to the fact that we're so away from it would be like closer to reading science fiction.

[#FF0000]

You can check out some of Jean-Pierre Proudhon's work. I don't know if it'll be what you're looking for, but he's an individualist anarchist, so I would figure some of his work would interest you.

[trivas7]

You can check out some of Jean-Pierre Proudhon's work. I don't know if it'll be what you're looking for, but he's an individualist anarchist, so I would figure some of his work would interest you.
Indeed, for Marx the individual is the ensemble of her social relationships. For many, this just won't float their boats. This is where anarchism's greatest contribution to any post-scarcity socialism lays. For portraitures of the individual I would also look to the fiction of William Morris and contemporary writer Chris Carlsson's After the Deluge: A Novel of Post-Economic San Francisco. I'd also look at sci-fi. Ursula Le Guin, Kim Stanley Robinson, Heinlein, etc.

For many on the right the big, bad boogyman is collectivism, the Borg-mentality, 1984's proles, Big Brother and all that rot that connected in the general public's mind with socialism. For the most part it's fueled by ignorance and red-baiting.

[el_chavista]

Till now they have hardly added something new even to Marx's "women's community" claim, I can't imagine a Marxist grasping the future like Aldous Huxley in his novel "A brave new world". :confused:

[jake williams]

My understanding of a lot of communist belief, especially on the sort of libertarian and anarchist ends, is that a major, maybe the major, goal of communism is to allow individuals, all individuals, to develop themselves fully and do what they'd like. Completely within the context of social reality and working with other people, but I still view that as "individualist" in character. If you've got "individuals" with a sense of decency and solidarity and community, then there's no mutual exclusivity between socialism and individualism, in fact they're preconditions for each other.

[Trystan]

A lot of the anarchist-communist works are useful. Chomsky is good. :)

[gla22]

Till now they have hardly added something new even to Marx's "women's community" claim, I can't imagine a Marxist grasping the future like Aldous Huxley in his novel "A brave new world". :confused:

The Marxian future is clearly different than the one in brave new world. There is a clear class structure.