LoginThe Ego and His Own: The Case of the Individual Against Authority (Dover Books on Western Philosophy)
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Credited with influencing the philosophies of Nietzsche and Ayn Rand and the development of libertarianism and existentialism, this prophetic 1844 work challenges the very notion of a common good as the driving force of civilization. By examining the role of the human ego, author Max Stirner chronicles the battle of the individual against the collective — showing how, throughout history, the latter invariably leads to oppression.
Stirner begins with a study of the individual ego and then traces its subjugation from ancient times to the nineteenth century. Nothing escapes his indictment: the ancient philosophers, Christianity,
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Release date: 16 December 2005
ISBN-10 : 048644581X | ISBN-13: 9780486445816
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Release date: 16 December 2005
ISBN-10 : 048644581X | ISBN-13: 9780486445816
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