In defense of the accidental : philosophical studies / Odo Marquard ; translated by Robert M. Wallace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marquand, Odo.

Contributor:

Wallace, Robert M.

Series:

Odeon.

Odeon

Standardized Title:

Apologie des Zufalligen. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Culture--Philosophy.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 theodicee; 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.

Contents:

Contents; Author's Note; 1. Skeptics: A Speech of Thanks; 2. Unburdenings: Theodicy Motives in Modern Philosophy; 3. On The Dietetics of the Expectation of Meaning: Philosophical Observations; 4. Universal History and Multiversal History; 5. The Age of Unworldliness? A Contribution to the Analysis of the Present; 6. On the Unavoidability of the Human Sciences; 7. In Defense of the Accidental: Philosophical Reflections on Man; Note on the Selections; Name Index; Subject Index

Notes:

Originally published in German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-52598-3

0-19-802231-X

OCLC:

476007925