Title: Der Einzige und sein Eigentum
First published: 1899
Description: **The Ego and Its Own** (German: *Der Einzige und sein Eigentum*; meaningfully translated as **The Individual and his Property**, literally as **The Unique and His Property**) is an 1844 work by German philosopher *Max Stirner*. It presents a radically nominalist and individualist critique of Christianity, nationalism, and traditional morality on one hand; and on the other, humanism, utilitarianism, liberalism, and much of the then-burgeoning socialist movement, advocating instead an amoral (although importantly not inherently immoral or antisocial) egoism. It is considered a major influence on the development of anarchism, existentialism, nihilism, and postmodernism.
Subjects: Egoism, Individualism, Anarchism, Individualist anarchism, Philosophers, germany, Ego (psychology), Political science, Politics, Ego, Autobiographies
Places: Bayreuth (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Kulm, Königsberg
People: Max Stirner (1806-1856), Bruno Bauer (1809-1882), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)
Time periods: 1845
LC classification: HM136 .S36, HM136 .S354 1944, HM136 .S34 1971b, HM136 .S3 1845, HM136 .S3 1892, HM136 .S35 1900