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Accident : a philosophical and literary history

Title

Accident : a philosophical and literary history / Ross Hamilton.

Author

Hamilton, Ross, 1964-

Publication

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2007.

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viii, 342 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-322) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The shock of experience -- Accidental origins : defining accidental qualities and events -- Divine substance : assimilation of accident within Christian theology -- Skeptical accidents : secularization of accident during the Reformation -- Accidental experience : radical enlightenment and the science of accident -- Novel accidents : self-determining accidents in print culture -- The textual self : opportunity and emotion in the creation of the individual -- The accidental sublime : returning substance to accidental events -- Altered states : the macroscopic impact of accidental qualities -- The form of accident : the boundaries of perception -- Envisioning accident : searching for substance in an accidental world -- Conclusion: Pattern recognition.

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JFE 08-2901

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