The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 432 pages and is available in hardcover format. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected. It presents a posthegelian critique of christianity and traditional morality on one hand. Free download or read online the ego and its own pdf epub book. Jeff riggenbach 19472021 reads the ego and his own by max stirner 18061856. The ego and its own by max stirner, paperback barnes. The ego and its own by max stirner 1844 marxists internet archive. This edition of stirner s work comprises a revised version of steven byingtons muchpraised translation, together with an introduction and notes on the historical background to stirner s text.
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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. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or. It presents a radically nominalist and individualist critique of christianity, nationalism, and traditional morality on one hand. Stirners the ego and its own 1844 is striking in both style and content, attacking feuerbach, moses hess and others to sound the deathknell. Even though this book was written when nietzsche was a child, stirner goes far beyond anything nietzsche could dream of. Max stirner 1806 1856 translated by stephen t byington 1869 1957.
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This work was first published in 1844 in leipzig, and has since appeared in numerous editions and translations. First published in 1844, stirner s distinctive and powerful polemic sounded the deathknell of left hegelianism, with its attack on ludwig feuerbach, bruno and edgar bauer, moses hess and others. Stepelevich 1972 journal of the history of philosophy 10 2. Originally published in german in 1844, philosopher max stirner s the ego and its own is an important and influential work that harshly criticizes christianity and nationalism as well as the emerging movements of liberalism and socialism. Oct 16, 2017 the ego and its own is an 1844 work by german philosopher max stirner. The ego and his own by steven tracy byington max stirner, first published in 1907, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. In this book, his most famous, max stirner presents a philosophical case for a radical egoism that shuns the sociallyoriented outlooks of both establishment ideologies and of revolutionaries in favor of an extreme individualism. Table of contents about this book foreword dedication all things are nothing to me part i.
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The ego and its own max stirner, anarchism,german philosopher 18061856 this ebook presents the ego and its own. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Less reticent was marcel duchamp, who described max stirner as the philosopher most important to his work. Stark in its arguments and immediately controversial upon release, max stirner s furious thesis against such an established order remains influential and widely read. Stirner ego and its own texts in political thought. While it wasnt popular during stirners lifetime, the book ended up having a. Johann kaspar schmidt 25 october 1806 26 june 1856, known professionally as max. Stirner the ego and its own written by max stirner, published by cambridge university press which was released on 06 april 1995. Mar 06, 2018 the ego and its own was first published in 1844.
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Individuals interested in anarchism, postmodernism, and nihilism refer to the ego and his own to this day. The ego and its own has been called the most revolutionary book ever written, and yet, when the leipzig kreisdirektion seized part of the first edition, the saxon minister for the interior ordered the release of the confiscated copies on the grounds that the book was too absurd to constitute a danger to social or political order. Pdf the ego and its own book by max stirner free download. The main characters of this philosophy, non fiction story are. Michalis pichler the ego and its own brooklyn and berlin. Like a lot of german philosophy books, the english translation does not do it justice. Download max stirner book pdf epub mobi tuebl and read. When you buy books using these links the internet archive may earn a small. Stirner ego and its own texts in political thought cambridge. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project. The memory of max stirner had been virtually extinct for an entire generation. Download max stirner book pdf epub mobi tuebl and read online. The ego and his own podcast cassette tape 1, side b, episode 2 of 20.
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