The ego and his own

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

People: Max Stirner (1806-1856),  Bruno Bauer (1809-1882),  Ludwig Feuerbach (1804-1872)

Places: Bayreuth (Germany),  Berlin (Germany),  Kulm,  Königsberg

Times: 1845