Max Stirner's dialectical egoism : a new interpretation / John F. Welsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welsh, John F., 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stirner, Max, 1806-1856.

Stirner, Max.

Egoism.

Dialectic.

Civilization, Modern--Philosophy.

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

ix, 293 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2010]

Summary:

This book interprets Max Stirner's The Ego and Its Own as a critique of modernity and traces the basic elements of his dialectical egoism through the writings of Benjamin Tucker, James L. Walker, and Dora Marsden. Stirner's concept of 'ownness' is the basis of his critique of the dispossession and homogenization of individuals in modernity and is an important contribution to the research literature on libertarianism, dialectics, and post-modernism.

Contents:

Max Stirner : "the peaceful enemy of all constraint"

Humanity, the new Supreme Being : Stirner's summation and critique of modernity

Ownness and modernity : the political meaning of dialectical egoism

The political economy of modernity : Benjamin R. Tucker and the critique of the capitalist state

Reciprocity and predation in everyday life : the egoist thought of James L. Walker

Beyond feminism, beyond anarchism : egoism and the political thought of Dora Marsden

Two who made an insurrection : Stirner, Nietzsche, and the revolt against modernity

Dialectical egoism : elements of a theoretical famework.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739141557

0739141554

9780739141564

0739141562

9780739141571

0739141570

OCLC:

637038172