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The Ego and Its Own (Paperback)
Max Stirner; Translated by Steven T. Byington; Introduction by J. L. Walker
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R438
Discovery Miles 4 380
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"The Ego and His Own," the seminal defence of individualism,
coloured the thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Ernst, Henrik
Ibsen and Victor Serge, among many others, some of whom would
vigorously deny any such influence in later years. Less reticent
was Marcel Duchamp, who described Max Stirner as the philosopher
most important to his work.
Challenging the religious, philosophical and political constraints
on personal freedom, Stirner criticizes all doctrines and beliefs
that place the interests of God, the state, humanity or society
over those of the individual. Anticipating the later work of
nihilists, existentialists, and anarchists, "The Ego and His Own"
upholds personal autonomy against all that might oppose it.
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The Ego and His Own (Paperback)
Max Stirner; Translated by Steven Tracy Byington; Introduction by J. L. Walker
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R1,196
Discovery Miles 11 960
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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.
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy
Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive
selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to
reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional
imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor
pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues
beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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