Tag Archives: Max Stirner

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On March 12th, 2020, Amazon.com swept all editions of Might is Right into the digital dustbin and suppressed the sale of the 123-year-old book. They did not merely stop selling the book, they completely removed any trace that they ever sold them in the first place. While the 19th-century text had stirred up controversy over those years, the publishers of the most scholarly edition have never heard of it being banned before now. Read more …

Published: March 26, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Amazon.com, articles, censorship, egoism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Might is Right, North American New Right, Ragnar Redbeard, reprints | 14 Responses

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Mighty Whitey:
Might is Right as Holy Writ

James J. O'Meara

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Ragnar Redbeard
Might is Right: The Authoritative Edition
Introduction by Peter H. Gilmore; annotations by Trevor Blake
Baltimore: Underworld Amusements, 2019

From Sandy Hook to London tower
From Jaffa to Japan,
They can take who have the power
They may keep who can.
— Ragnar Redbeard

A Word from the Wise Guy:
The Mid-Century Mysticism of Max Stirner, Part II

James J. O'Meara

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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)

In my previous essay on Stirner, I suggested that the modern online community, or the Internet itself, would be an excellent example of a “Union of Egoists.” And here we meet with Neville again; for although, like Stirner, his career was on a downslope at his death – for reasons we will soon examine – Read more …

Published: May 8, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, articles, hermeticism, James J. O'Meara, Julius Evola, Mitch Horowitz, Neville, New Thought, North American New Right, originals | 1 Response

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A Word from the Wise Guy:
The Mid-Century Mysticism of Max Stirner, Part I

James J. O'Meara

Neville

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Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here)

“While, to get greater clarity, I am thinking up a comparison, the founding of Christianity comes unexpectedly into my mind.” — Max Stirner, The Ego and His Own

In recent essays, I’ve looked at the writings of Max Stirner[1] and tried to determine the reason for his increasing relevance in the Internet age, and to the Dissident Right in particular.[2]

Max Stirner:
Marxist, Meme Master, or Mentor?
Part Two

James J. O'Meara

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Part 2 of 2 (Part 1 here)

C. Max Stirner: Nineteenth-Century Shitlord

But we can sharpen our focus a bit more; Stirner’s contemporary popularity and perceived relevance may derive from a more specific connection. Since few outside of a small, hate-filled and self-inflated academic clique thinks Marx is “hip,” I’d like to keep the focus on Stirner as a Dissident Right harbinger.

Max Stirner:
Marxist, Meme Master, or Mentor?
Part One

James J. O'Meara

Max Stirner, as sketched by Friedrich Engels

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Part 1 of 2 (Part 2 here)

Jacob Blumenfeld
All Things are Nothing to Me: The Unique Philosophy of Max Stirner
Winchester, UK: Zero Books, 2018

“Your Holiness would perhaps prefer to be called Leo, or Pius, or Gregory, as is the modern manner?” the Cardinal- Dean inquired with imperious suavity. Read more …

Published: April 4, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, articles, book reviews, James J. O'Meara, Karl Marx, Marxism, meme magick, North American New Right, originals | 3 Responses

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Vader: A Star Wars Story

Buttercup Dew

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Even as New Star Wars steps into the past of its original characters, it steps further from what originally defined it. Read more …

Published: May 23, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Buttercup Dew, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, Star Wars, the Right | 5 Responses

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The Sad, Sour Spook:
Max Stirner & His Proper Ties, Part II

James J. O'Meara

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Part 2 of 2. Part 1 here.

Max Stirner
The Unique and Its Property
Translated with a new introduction by Wolfi Landstreicher
Underworld Amusements, 2017

With all these aforementioned connections to Jünger, Evola, and sort-of to Nietzsche,[1] it’s not surprising that knowing references to scary Stirner must have shown up on alt-Right blogs and books,[2] Read more …

Published: August 9, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book review, book reviews, James O'Meara, North American New Right, originals | 3 Responses

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The Sad, Sour Spook:
Max Stirner & His Proper Ties, Part I

James J. O'Meara

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Part 1 of 2. Part 2 here.

The Unique and Its Property by Max Stirner
Translated with a new introduction by Wolfi Landstreicher
Underworld Amusements, 2017

John Daggett: I paid you a small fortune.
Bane: And this gives you power over me?
The Dark Knight Rises (Nolan, 2012)

Another week, another witch-hunt. This time, the protectors of ideological purity are defending the escutcheon of Max Stirner from supposed besmirchment. Read more …

Published: August 8, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book review, book reviews, James O'Meara, North American New Right, originals | 1 Response

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We are All Egoists – and Why That’s a Good Thing

Alan Smithee

Artwork by KEKM8

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Many of those who end up exploring the political fringe – particularly on the Right – end up obsessed with various forms of what might loosely be called egocentricity. In those of a libertarian bent, this usually expresses itself as an obsession with contrasting honorable “individualism” against slavish “collectivism.” Read more …

Published: January 23, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged altruism, anarchism, Ayn Rand, egoism, libertarianism, North American New Right, originals | 5 Responses

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The Cycle & the Center:
A Review of Aristokratia IV

James J. O'Meara

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Aristokratia IV: D’Annunzio, Nietzsche, Stirner, & Social Revolt
Edited by K. Deva; with contributions from K. R. Bolton, Gwendolyn Taunton, Rene Walter Pletat, David Muller, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Boris Nad, James O’Meara, Lukas Kubena, Jarrad Ackert, and N. M. Phoenix
Manticore Press, 2016

It’s a cause for celebration that the wholly admirable Aristokratia project from Manticore Press continues on, now producing its fourth annual collection of the finest in esoteric philosophical and political studies. Read more …

Published: January 19, 2017 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged anarchism, book reviews, Friedrich Nietzsche, James O'Meara, North American New Right, originals | Leave a comment

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The Essence of the Left

Jonathan Bowden

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Editor’s Note:

This is the transcript by V. S. of Richard Spencer’s Vanguard Podcast interview of Jonathan Bowden about the Left. You can listen to the podcast here.

Richard Spencer: Hello, everyone! Today, it is a great pleasure to welcome to the program Jonathan Bowden. Read more …