Max Stirner

German Stirner Page

We have almost all of Stirner in german. About the only thing missing is the History of the Reaction, and the translations of Smith and Say.

Versions of "Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum", by Max Stirner

Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum Stirner's 1844 original in German.
The Ego and His Own 1907 English translation by Steven Byington, with identical pagination as the original, and Byington's index hypertexted.
L'Unico 1921 Italian translation by Ettore Zoccoli.
L'unique et sa propriete 1899 French translation by Robert LeClaire - hosted at another site.

Articles by Stirner

Art and Religion, by Max Stirner, translated by Lawrence Stepelevich
The False Principle of our Education , or - Humanism and Realism, by Max Stirner, translated by Robert H. Beebe
Stirner's Critics, by Max Stirner, excerpts translated by Frederick M. Gordon

Contemporary Commentaries on Stirner

The German Ideology: Critique of Modern German Philosophy According to Its Representatives Feuerbach, B. Bauer and Stirner, and of German Socialism According to Its Various Prophets by Marx and Engels.
Engel's letter to Marx Nov., 19, 1844, on his reading of Der Einzige, and his generally favorable impression.
Engel's letter to Marx Jan., 20, 1844, agreeing with the unfortunately now missing reply of Marx to Engel's previous letter.
The Essence Of Christianity In Relation To The Ego And Its Own, by Ludwig Feuerbach, translated by Frederick M. Gordon
On Stirner and Seliga, by Edgar Bauer, translated by Lawrence Stepelevich.

Commentaries on Stirner and other Hegelians

The Debate Between Feuerbach and Stirner: An Introduction, by Frederick M. Gordon

Lawrence Stepelevich on Stirner and other Hegelians

Former professor of philosophy at Villanova University and president of the Hegelian Society. In my opinion, far and away the most reliable and knowledgable writer on Stirner.

Miscellaneous Commentaries on Stirner

Stirner et Nietzsche by Albert Levy, 1914
Max Stirner's Egoism and Nihilism, by L. A. Schiereck, in fulfillment of a Masters of Arts in Philosophy [280K] see Abstract
Stirner: "The Ego and His Own" - a review by Max Baginski, from Mother Earth, Vol. II, No. 3, May 1907, pp. 142-151.
A Note on Stirner, Egoism, and Anarchism courtesy of Tracy Harms
Laissez Faire Books Ad for The Ego on Tape
"'Individualism' in the Mid-Nineteenth Century", by Koenrad W. Swart, reviewed by David Westling