This book is a series of translated essays covering German philosophy, literary theory, and modern intellectual history. Odo Marquard is considered the natural heir to Gadamer, Habermas, and Blumenberg, and here discusses a number of different topics: his role as 'skeptical' philosopher; the formation during the 18th century of modern 'themes' and 'disciplines' such as aesthetics, philosophical anthropology, and philosophy of history; the nature of myth and attempts to account for it, from Schelling to Levi-Strauss; and the question of hermeneutics.
Reviews
'contains, amongst other highly perceptive papers, the key essay 'Indicted and unburdened man in eighteenth-century philosophy' (38-63), alone worth whole volumes of exegesis. Here in translation it deserves to reach the widest audience.' Modern Language Studies, Volume 52 (1990) 1991



Book Information
ISBN 9780195051148
Author Odo Marquard
Format Hardback
Page Count 160
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 340g
Dimensions(mm) 218mm * 147mm * 17mm