{"title":"Max Stirner","description":"\u003cp\u003eMax Stirner's works delve into radical individualism and the nature of the self, challenging established social and moral conventions. His writings invite readers to explore the primacy of the individual's ego and the rejection of external authorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose interested in philosophy and psychology will find Stirner's provocative ideas both groundbreaking and unsettling. His texts, such as \u003cem\u003eThe Ego and His Own\u003c\/em\u003e, continue to inspire debates on freedom, autonomy, and the limits of collective identity.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-ego-and-his-own-by-max-stirner-9781781681565","title":"The Ego and His Own","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ego and His Own\u003c\/em\u003e, the seminal defence of individualism, coloured the thinking of Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Ernst, Henrik Ibsen, and Victor Serge, among many others, some of whom would vigorously deny any such influence in later years. Less reticent was Marcel Duchamp, who described Max Stirner as the philosopher most important to his work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging the religious, philosophical, and political constraints on personal freedom, Stirner criticizes all doctrines and beliefs that place the interests of God, the state, humanity, or society over those of the individual. Anticipating the later work of nihilists, existentialists, and anarchists, \u003cem\u003eThe Ego and His Own\u003c\/em\u003e upholds personal autonomy against all that might oppose it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464315977964,"sku":"9781781681565","price":93.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781781681565-the-ego-and-his-own.jpg?v=1775046860"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/max-stirner.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}