the unique (Der Einzige)
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The unique (Der Einzige) is Max Stirner’s central philosophical concept denoting the radically individual self that rejects all fixed ideas, abstractions, and external authorities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concept in German philosophy
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concept in egoist anarchism ⓘ philosophical concept ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
individualist anarchism
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philosophical egoism ⓘ |
| basisFor | Stirner’s notion of the union of egoists ⓘ |
| centralConceptOf | Max Stirner’s philosophy ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
radical autonomy
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rejection of all essences ⓘ self-creation ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
fixed moral principles
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human essence ⓘ universal man ⓘ |
| coreMeaning | radically individual self ⓘ |
| critiques |
morality as external authority
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religion as external authority ⓘ society as external authority ⓘ state as external authority ⓘ |
| denies |
absolute validity of ideals
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binding force of moral laws ⓘ supremacy of state and society over the individual ⓘ |
| describedIn | The Ego and Its Own NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
self-assertion
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self-ownership ⓘ uniqueness of the individual ⓘ |
| field |
ethics
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metaphysics of the self ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
concrete individual
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self as beyond all categories ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | Max Stirner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
egoist anarchism
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existentialist interpretations of individuality ⓘ post-structuralist readings of subjectivity ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
20th-century existentialist thinkers
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various anarchist theorists ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | German ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatus | non-essentialist self ⓘ |
| opposes | spooks ⓘ |
| originalName | Der Einzige ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Young Hegelian milieu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejects |
abstractions
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external authorities ⓘ fixed ideas ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
creative nothing (schöpferische Nichtigkeit)
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ownness (Eigenheit) ⓘ |
| timePeriodFormulated | 1840s ⓘ |
| viewedAs | beyond good and evil in a Stirnerian sense ⓘ |
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