a network for Stirnerites
recurring paradox
recurring paradox
the project
Recurring Paradox is a project that focuses on the work and legacy of Max Stirner. I consider his egoist anarchist approach to the world, knowledge, history and existence as the only true form of resistance against the psychological abuse inflicted on individuals under this current system which bell hooks called "imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy" - a term which I feel should be brought back to life. Stirner wasn't an advocate. Nor was he a revolutionary or resistance fighter. He was an individual whose main approach to life was unapologetic ownness. While often misunderstood as either inherently supportive of capitalism because of its focus on individual freedom, or supportive of leftism due to its rejection of social constructs and oppressive structures of governance and knowledge-production, Stirner's work exists in the fringes and on the sidelines of political and social theory. RECURRING PARADOX wants to study Stirner through a philosophical, psychoanalytical, sociopolitical, and anthropological lens. I aim to create a network for the discussion of social, cultural and psychological phenomena through the lens of Stirner's egoism.
