In Defense of the Accidental (Apologie des Zuf}}lligen) Philosophical Studies [Paperback]

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 thetheodice?; 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.

This book is a delightfulvade mecumthat introduces Marquard's delectable prose to English speakers in a well translated and well documented collection. --Germanic Notes and Reviews