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The Ego and His Own (Paperback)
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The Ego and Its Own is a philosophical work by German philosopher
Max Stirner (1806-1856). This work was first published in 1845,
although with a stated publication date of "1844" to confuse the
Prussian censors. The book portrays the life of a human individual
as dominated by authoritarian concepts ('fixed ideas' or 'spooks'),
which must be shaken and undermined by each individual in order for
that person to act freely. These concepts include primarily
religion and ideology, and the institutions claiming authority over
the individual. The primary implication of undermining these
concepts and institutions is, for Stirner, an ethical egoism, which
can be said to transcend language. According to him, not only is
God an alienating ideal, as Feuerbach had argued in The Essence of
Christianity (1841), but so too are humanity itself, nationalism
and all such ideologies. According to Stirner, individuals should
only entertain temporary associations between themselves, agreeing
in mutual aid and cooperation for a period of time, but only when
in each individual's interest (perhaps anticipating cooperative
games). Stirner repeatedly quotes Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Friedrich Schiller and Bruno Bauer assuming that readers will be
familiar with their works. He also paraphrases and makes word-plays
and in-jokes on formulations found in Hegel's works as well as in
the works of his contemporaries such as Ludwig Feuerbach. This can
make the book more demanding for contemporary readers.
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