In Defense of the Accidental: Philosophical Studies

by Odo Marquard

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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 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 show more aspects of the human condition. show less

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Odo Marquard
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Wallace, Robert M. (Translator)

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In Defense of the Accidental: Philosophical Studies
Original title
Apologie des Zufälligen
Original publication date
1986
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Deutsch
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Nonfiction, Philosophy, Anthropology, Religion & Spirituality, Science & Nature
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193 — Philosophy & psychology Modern western philosophy Philosophy of Germany and Austria
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B29 .M36774513 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Philosophy (General)
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