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Art and Religion
Art and Religion is a collection of Max Stirner's lesser known works from Art and Religion to You only have the courage to be destructive. As one of the most important anarchist philosophers who caused controversy in his time, it is understandable that when it came to subjects outside of his immediate political and societal rejection, he would have very interesting ideas in these subjects as well.
74 pages, Paperback
Published February 25, 2018
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Max Stirner
54Ìýbooks541ÌýfollowersJohann Kaspar Schmidt, better known as Max Stirner (the nom de plume he adopted from a schoolyard nickname he had acquired as a child because of his high brow, in German 'Stirn'), was a German philosopher, who ranks as one of the literary grandfathers of nihilism, existentialism, post-modernism and anarchism, especially of individualist anarchism. Stirner's main work is "The Ego and Its Own", also known as "The Ego and His Own" ("Der Einzige und sein Eigentum" in German, which translates literally as "The Only One and his Property"). This work was first published in 1844 in Leipzig, and has since appeared in numerous editions and translations.
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March 25, 2021
this book is small as shit
May 3, 2019
As expected from Max Stirner beautifully written and underappreciated.
Max Stirner describes the link and almost 'dialectics' at play between art and religion. According to Stirner the separation between man and the Ideal is what leads to religion. Religion exists as long as this separation is maintained. When man is able to devour the Ideal, man will search for another ideal to gaze at and the process will start all over again.
Max Stirner describes the link and almost 'dialectics' at play between art and religion. According to Stirner the separation between man and the Ideal is what leads to religion. Religion exists as long as this separation is maintained. When man is able to devour the Ideal, man will search for another ideal to gaze at and the process will start all over again.
April 11, 2021
This work has a lot of similarities to Nietzscheanism and psychoanalysis. Like all works by Stirner it is profound and thought provoking, but due to the more speculative nature of this one is more thought provoking than profound. Clear, well written. Definitely superior to anything Nietzsche wrote.
December 22, 2021
Uno Stirner ancora hegeliano ma pur sempre inattuale.
March 13, 2021
This publication is best classified as a pamphlet rather than a full book. Coming in at under 30 pages, it’s a bit of a breezy read - much like a single essay might be.
That said, there are still some issues with the breadth that this covers. I found the thesis of the pamphlet only became clear in the last three or four pages. I suspect that isn’t aided by this version being a truncation of a collection of aphorisms and essays Stirner wrote. Bits of Stirner’s usual brilliance (similar to reading a German joke, his work normally synchronises with itself at the very last minute) still shone through - with the move from Art to Religion to Comedy through the creation of the Idea; or from Art to Religion for the Object. However to contemporary eyes this doesn’t seem particularly radical - though I’m sure the truncation has cut the metaphoric legs off of the work.
For under 30 pages it’s a decent read, but not quite of the same species as Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum
That said, there are still some issues with the breadth that this covers. I found the thesis of the pamphlet only became clear in the last three or four pages. I suspect that isn’t aided by this version being a truncation of a collection of aphorisms and essays Stirner wrote. Bits of Stirner’s usual brilliance (similar to reading a German joke, his work normally synchronises with itself at the very last minute) still shone through - with the move from Art to Religion to Comedy through the creation of the Idea; or from Art to Religion for the Object. However to contemporary eyes this doesn’t seem particularly radical - though I’m sure the truncation has cut the metaphoric legs off of the work.
For under 30 pages it’s a decent read, but not quite of the same species as Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum
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