Johann Caspar Schmidt, known by the pen name Max Stirner, was a German philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as one of the forerunners of nihilism, existentialism, psychoanalytic theory, postmodernism, individualist anarchism, and egoism.
- Occupation
- philosopher, journalist, translator, writer
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Bavaria, Kingdom of Prussia
- Born
- October 25, 1806
- Died
- June 26, 1856, June 25, 1856
