A work centered on this concept argues that the state of nature is defined not by individuals in isolation, but by participation in society. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this concept, which that work grounds in eigenheit (“EYE-gun-hite”), or “ownness.” This title concept defines a stage of human development which succeeds the “realistic” and “idealistic” stages.
ANSWER: ego [accept The Ego and Its Own]
[10e] Max Stirner’s The Ego and Its Own, in particular its critique of religion, greatly influenced this communist philosopher, who claimed that “religion is the opiate of the masses.”
ANSWER: Karl Marx
[10m] Stirner’s criticisms of religion and the subordination of the individual to institutions were partly directed against this group of philosophers, to which Stirner and Marx belonged. It was led in one iteration by Bruno Bauer.
ANSWER: Left-Hegelians [or Young Hegelians; or Linkshegelianer; or die Hegelsche Linke; prompt on the Free Ones or the Doctor’s Club or Die Freien or Doktorklub]
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