In defense of the accidental
Subtitle: philosophical studies
By: Odo Marquard ; translated by Robert M. Wallace.
Series: Odéon
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
Subjects: Philosophy.; Culture -- Philosophy.
Description: The seven essays collected in this book address the history of modern ideas and contemporary cultural issues. The first is the discourse of Marquard's acceptance of the Sigmund Freud prize; the second addresses the equivalence of modernity and the theodice'e; the third confronts the idea of "meaning"; the fourth considers the notion of world history; the fifth addresses world alienation; the sixth deals with the human sciences; and the seventh is a mediation on chance and luck as essential aspects of the human condition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Translation of: Apologie des Zufälligen.