Max Stirner in France

A Reception History of German Post-Hegelian Philosophy, 1844-1892
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-041-30254-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

This book traces the French reception of Max Stirner (1806–1856) from the publication of his magnum opus, Der Einzige und sein Eigenthum (The Unique One and His Property) in 1844 to the early 1890s, challenging the dominant narrative that he fell into obscurity before his fin-de-siècle “renaissance."

Stirner remains among the most elusive and controversial figures in German post-Hegelian philosophy. Cast variously as a precursor of individualist anarchism, nihilism, and existentialism, he has proved exceptionally difficult to place within modern thought. Max Stirner in France argues that this difficulty stems from how his reception has been studied and seeks to move beyond retrospectively stabilized narratives, speculative claims of influence on particular intellectual traditions, and a narrow focus on canonical interlocutors. Drawing on overlooked and previously unexamined sources, and situating Stirner within France’s reception of German Hegelian and post-Hegelian thought, the book reconstructs his overwhelmingly negative French reception until the first partial translations of 1892 through lesser-known writers, mediated readings, and fragmentary forms of engagement. It thereby shows that Stirner’s name and ideas continued to circulate across French philosophical, religious, and political debates, serving a variety of polemical purposes. As both a reception history of Stirner and an intellectual history of France, the book illuminates nineteenth-century French political and cultural anxieties and opens the way for broader, more systematic studies of Stirner’s reception across time and borders.

The book will appeal to scholars of nineteenth-century French and European intellectual history, political thought, German philosophy, reception history, and Franco-German cultural relations.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dimitri, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction, 1: The Origins of Stirner's Negative Reception, 2: The German Crisis in French Liberal Thought: Taillandier, Thomas, and the Revue des Deux Mondes, 3: The Post-Hegelian World and French Spiritualism, 4: Christian Apologetics and Narratives of Decline: Stirner as the Endpoint of German Philosophical "Extremes", 5: The Franco-Prussian War and the Early Third Republic: Stirner after 1870, Conclusion, Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Dimitri is an intellectual historian of modern Europe, specializing in the emergence, circulation, and transformation of political and philosophical ideas during the long nineteenth century. He received his PhD in History from University College London in 2024. Born and raised in Rome, Italy, he is currently based in London.