This paper is grounded in a thematic reading of Robert Musil's (1933/1997 Musil, R. 1933/1997. The Man Without Qualities. London: Picador. [Google Scholar]) novel Combining literary, social, and economic theory, the discipline-spanning engages with some central questions conflicts our age, such as search for order coherence, seeking to overcome fragmentation life. Specifically, we suggest that ...