Announcing Der Geist: The Journal of Egoism from 1845 to 1945, Issue 2


1845-1945, 1946-Today, Benjamin DeCasseres, Benjamin R. Tucker, Bibliographic, Book, Clarence Lee Swartz, Der Geist, Dora Marsden, E. Armand, Egoism, Enrico Arrigoni, George Schumm, Georgia Replogle, Henry Replogle, Historical Work, J. William Lloyd, James J. Martin, James L. Walker, John Basil Barnhill, John Beverly Robinson, Kevin I. Slaughter, Laurance Labadie, Malfew Seklew, Max Stirner, Minus One, Ragnar Redbeard, Renzo Novatore, Sidney E. Parker, Steven T. Byington, The Eagle and The Serpent, The New En Marge, Thomas Common, Trevor Blake

The newest issue of Der Geist, the journal of historical Egoism, is here. Rare and unpublished works from the first century of egoism-the philosophy of Max Stirner. Unique translations of Stirner into English; significant archives of egoism rescued from the ash heap of history; blood and thunder from Friedrich Nietzsche complimented by the laughing philosophy of […]

October 25, 2018

SA1088 | “A Stuffed Club” T-shirt | Pre-order!


1845-1945, Egoism, Georgia Replogle, James L. Walker, Malfew Seklew, Stand Alone

October’s “issue” of stand alone will take the series into a new format: the t-shirt. It will, however, maintain a tradition of obscurity. From today until September 21st, we will be taking pre-orders for a silk-screened limited edition shirt. We’ve designed a shirt for a nutty health journal published by Dr. John H. Tilden (1851-1940), titled […]

September 3, 2018

Egoism | 2017 Review | Reason Magazine


1845-1945, Egoism, Reviews, Stand Alone

The most famous individualist anarchist journal of 19th century America was Liberty, edited by the fiery polemicist Benjamin Tucker. But Liberty wasn’t the movement’s only periodical, and anyone interested in that period of libertarian history should welcome any chance to examine the outlets edited by figures with different sensibilities. So it’s good to see Georgia and Henry Replogle’s […]

February 16, 2018

“The American transcendentalists seem like pantywaists by comparison…” | 2017 Review | Chip Smith


1845-1945, 1946-Today, Book, Egoism, James L. Walker, Kevin I. Slaughter, Max Stirner, Reviews

Egoism: The First Two Volumes 1890-1892 A review by Chip Smith Despite the marginal influence of Max Stirner, the intellectual and cultural milieu of late 19th century egoism has received little scholarly attention to date. This is a shame because the early egoists exposited a unique and radical vision of human autonomy — peppered with anarchist, […]

January 19, 2018

“The ‘Selfish’ Bauble” by Henry P. Replogle


Egoism

The following was published in Georgia and Henry Replogle’s journal Egoism (1890). Volume 4, number 1 was published in September, 1897. The “Selfish” Bauble. Outside of posited plumb-line Anarchism and its venereal corollaries, we get no paper in exchange that does not propose saving society by some political magic, except “Progressive Thought,” of Olathe, Kansas, an […]

December 4, 2017

Georgia Replogle’s letter to Max Nettlau


1845-1945, Egoism

Georgia Replogle, publisher of the journal Egoism (1890) with her husband Henry, sent the following letter to Max Heinrich Hermann Reinhardt Nettlau (1865-1944) while he was living in London on February 4th, 1897. It was during this time that Nettlau was meeting William Morris, Errico Malatesta and Peter Kropotkin. The letter is care of the “Max Nettlau Papers“, part of the […]

November 27, 2017

“Self-Maintainless Self—Female” by Henry Replogle


1845-1945, Egoism

The following was published in Georgia and Henry Replogle’s journal Egoism (1890). Volume 4, number 1 was published in September, 1897. Henry wrote a similar article for “Males” in the previous issue, previously published on this blog. Self-Maintainless Self—Female. In the way of strong weaknesses, next to man’s overpowering lonesomeness is woman’s dread of responsibility. So […]

November 6, 2017