In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen)
Author | : Odo Marquand |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 1991-07-25 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 019802231X |
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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 theodiceé; 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.