02543nam 2200553Ia 450 991082366280332120200520144314.01-280-52598-30-19-802231-X(CKB)1000000000718403(EBL)271653(OCoLC)476007925(SSID)ssj0000361537(PQKBManifestationID)12119548(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361537(PQKBWorkID)10351866(PQKB)11272276(MiAaPQ)EBC271653(EXLCZ)99100000000071840320090821d1991 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn defense of the accidental philosophical studies /Odo Marquard ; translated by Robert M. WallaceNew York Oxford University Press19911 online resource (145 p.)OdeonOriginally published in German.0-19-505632-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 IndexThe 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.Odeon.PhilosophyCulturePhilosophyPhilosophy.CulturePhilosophy.193Marquand Odo384367Wallace Robert M301836MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823662803321In defense of the accidental4200870UNINA