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Jun 05, 2014 11:34AM
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Not a bad place to start:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoist_a...
Stirner is, of course, a big central figure. I think we should read "Ego" first.
A good way to move on from there, in my opinion, is to view things in terms of pre-Stirner and post-Stirner.
To my knowledge pre-Stirner includes selections from the Stoics (Zeno, Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, etc) and early existentialists (like Kierkegaard).
Post-Stirner would, in my opinion, have to focus heavily on Nietzsche, and post-Nietzcheans. There is also, of course, the egoist anarchist tradition inaugurated by Stirner, which was influential on individualist anarchists: Benjamin Tucker, Emile Armand, Han Ryner, James Walker. And of course it would be worth examning the 20th century existentialism a la Sartre, Heidegger, etc.
It might also not be such a bad idea to read Ayn Rand, not so much because she is similar to Stirner and Nietzsche (as she's not), but just to know factually what her brand of egoism was, what she said about it, etc.
There's a lot of meat here, I don't expect to cover it all. It's a very long term outline. Of course we don't have to go in this order. But this is, to my knowledge, the playing field we're working with.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egoist_a...
Stirner is, of course, a big central figure. I think we should read "Ego" first.
A good way to move on from there, in my opinion, is to view things in terms of pre-Stirner and post-Stirner.
To my knowledge pre-Stirner includes selections from the Stoics (Zeno, Cleanthes, Chrysippus, Seneca, Musonius Rufus, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, etc) and early existentialists (like Kierkegaard).
Post-Stirner would, in my opinion, have to focus heavily on Nietzsche, and post-Nietzcheans. There is also, of course, the egoist anarchist tradition inaugurated by Stirner, which was influential on individualist anarchists: Benjamin Tucker, Emile Armand, Han Ryner, James Walker. And of course it would be worth examning the 20th century existentialism a la Sartre, Heidegger, etc.
It might also not be such a bad idea to read Ayn Rand, not so much because she is similar to Stirner and Nietzsche (as she's not), but just to know factually what her brand of egoism was, what she said about it, etc.
There's a lot of meat here, I don't expect to cover it all. It's a very long term outline. Of course we don't have to go in this order. But this is, to my knowledge, the playing field we're working with.
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People should post their thoughts on what kind of approach we wanna take.
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