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Max Stirner Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought series Series Editor: James Martin, Reader in Political Theory, Goldsmiths University, London, UK The aim of this series is to provide authoritative guides to the work of contemporary political thinkers, or thinkers with a strong resonance in the pre- sent, in the form of an edited collection of scholarly essays. Each volume will offer a range of focused chapters by leading experts, surveying significant aspects of a key thinker of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and cover- ing principal areas of debate, impact and enduring relevance. Providing greater content than a brief introduction but more accessible than a specialist monograph, the series offers a ‘one-stop’ location for readers seeking critical exploration and thematic discussion around a significant contributor to contemporary political thought. 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A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 This book is dedicated to the ‘class of the unstable, restless, changeable, of the proletariat, and, if they give voice to their unsettled nature, are called “unruly heads”.’ Max Stirner, The Ego and Its Own Contents Acknowledgements ix Notes on Contributors x Introduction: Re-encountering Stirner’s Ghosts 1 Saul Newman Part I Historical Context 1 A Solitary Life 21 David Leopold 2 The Mirror of Anarchy: The Egoism of John Henry Mackay and Dora Marsden 42 Ruth Kinna Part II Key Works 3 The Multiplicity of Nothingness: A Contribution to a Non-reductionist Reading of Stirner 67 Riccardo Balidissone 4 The Philosophical Reactionaries: ‘The Modern Sophists by Kuno Fischer’ 89 G. Edward [Max Stirner] (translated and introduced by Widukind De Ridder) Part III Themes and Debates 5 Max Stirner and Karl Marx: An Overlooked Contretemps 113 Paul Thomas 6 Max Stirner: The End of Philosophy and Political Subjectivity 143 Widukind De Ridder vii viii Contents Part IV Contemporary Relevance 7 Why Anarchists Need Stirner 167 Kathy E. Ferguson 8 Stirner’s Ethics of Voluntary Inservitude 189 Saul Newman Bibliography 210 Index 219 Acknowledgements I would like to acknowledge several people whose help and advice in the preparation of this book was invaluable. Thanks must go firstly to the Series Editor James Martin, who chose this title as the first in his Critical Explorations in Contemporary Thought Series. I would also like to thank Widukind De Ridder, one of the contributors to this volume, for his advice and help in including an original translation of one of Stirner’s essays in this book. The efforts of Bernd Laska in tracking down and confirming the provenance of this text must also be acknowledged. ix
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