Should I read The Ego and Its Own?

Should I read The Ego and Its Own?

How important is it in regards to developing a better comprehension of socialist theory?

How has it affected you?

It's just a good book. You should read it. It influenced me against socialism, if anything.

It's less of a leftist book and more of a general philosophy book that contains strong leftist themes.

I'd argue that makes it even better.

Make we should make a reading group. Post if there's anything from the book you want mansplained.

Has it? In what way?

And if so, why is it often hold up as a leftist piece of literature/piece of literature with leftist themes?

We've done this like 3 times already.

yes.

Ignore flagposter user, we have taught him socialism wrong as a joke.

You should nothing, its handy and enlightening to read it tho.

It holds a solid criticism towards (everything) moralism and uthopian socialism, Marxian socialism and Mutualism while premoting anarcho-individualism.

Filled the void of Nihilism.

I wouldn't. I read it and it's just a couple hundred pages of edginess without any praxis whatsoever. I guess you could read it for fun.

who cares about praxis

That's a really bad form of anti-intellectualism. Especially since Stirner was an anti-intellectual himself.

confirmed 2deep4u

Stirner was nothing of the sort. He was critical of people who were far up their own asses and thought of themselves as anything special, which "intellectuals" as they would call themselves are, though.

Intellectuals are queer dicks.

he was probably one of the first proto-anti-philosophers though. (Anti-philosopher doesn't mean anti-intellectual)

I really do love some of these.

Yeah, definitely

How hard is it? I kinda suck at reading

Its not that hard if you read it slow.

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It has nothing to do with leftism, it's just popular on leftypol because it's an easy way to BTFO fascists and ancaps, but it can be used to BTFO commies/socialists just the same.

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that proves you didn't read it. It's about 70 pages long LMAO

Imma gonna buy this shit, for a friend of mine who's "neither left nor right", but is left and doesn't want to admit it, cause mainstream left is shit.

And in the process I find this golden.

According to wiki, it's 370 pages. One edition goes up to 463; another to 554.