In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen)

Download or read book In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zufälligen) written by Odo Marquand and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1991-07-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.