The Ego and His Own - (Dover Books on Western Philosophy) by Max Stirner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This prophetic 1844 work challenges the very notion of a common good as the driving force of civilization. It offers burning indictments of philosophers, Christianity, monarchism, and the bourgeois state. <br><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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.<br>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, monarchism, the bourgeois state; all have fettered individuals with laws, morality, and obligations. Revolutions expunge one evil only to replace it with another, and Stirner predicted -- years before the publication of Marx's <i>Manifesto </i>-- that socialism would climax in the ultimate totalitarian state.<br>For students of political science and philosophy, this book is essential reading. For those concerned about the encroachment of authority upon individual liberty, Stirner articulates a philosophy that remains unsurpassed in its scope.
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