Chris's Reviews > Stirner's Critics
Stirner's Critics
by
by

I would've maybe given it one more star if it wasn't for Jason McQuinn's frankly obnoxious and frustrating introduction which took up nearly half the goddamn book, with footnotes whole pages long which at times felt like filler and at other times were downright self-indulgent (for example, at one point Mr. McQuinn goes on about his humbly named, "McQuinn's law" which wasn't as original or profound as he presented it to be, and it was barely even related to the topic at hand).
I'd also caution future readers to take many of McQuinn's claims with a massive dose of salt (such as his dubious claims about Stirner's supposed influence on Nietzsche, the very arguable claim that Stirner's philosophy contains no presuppositions or that Stirner wasn't even a philosopher at all).
But once you get through the massive blemish that is Jason McQuinn's introduction, the rest of the book is just fine.
I'd also caution future readers to take many of McQuinn's claims with a massive dose of salt (such as his dubious claims about Stirner's supposed influence on Nietzsche, the very arguable claim that Stirner's philosophy contains no presuppositions or that Stirner wasn't even a philosopher at all).
But once you get through the massive blemish that is Jason McQuinn's introduction, the rest of the book is just fine.
Sign into Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ to see if any of your friends have read
Stirner's Critics.
Sign In »
Reading Progress
December 16, 2020
–
Started Reading
December 16, 2020
– Shelved
December 16, 2020
–
13.0%
December 16, 2020
–
23.0%
December 17, 2020
–
41.0%
December 23, 2020
–
71.0%
December 23, 2020
–
80.0%
December 23, 2020
–
90.0%
December 24, 2020
– Shelved as:
radical-left-politics
December 24, 2020
– Shelved as:
philosophy
December 24, 2020
–
Finished Reading