Max Stirner, German philosopher and author (born 1806)

Max Stirner

German philosopher (1806–1856)

Max Stirner 25 October 1806 – 26 June 1856), born Johann Kaspar Schmidt, was a German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism,…