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Peter Sloterdijk: "Europe is the association of consumers"

2021-05-03T12:39:54.478Z


GREAT INTERVIEW - The German philosopher is one of the greatest European thinkers. His media appearances are rare, but each of his books is an event. On the occasion of the publication of Faire dire le ciel (Payot), we discussed with him the major questions that ...


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However, in France, because of the pandemic and health measures, some families have been deprived of saying goodbye to their dead.

Do you think this is an anthropological break?

The fact that loved ones have been denied access to dying patients, in many cases where the Covid-19 had taken a bad turn, constitutes a severe departure from medical obligations and reveals the lack of preparedness of hospitals for the challenge of the pandemic.

This should not mean talking about an anthropological break - especially to us, who have learned through our reading of history books to what extent, in borderline situations, human nature can be associated with the plunge into extreme cruelties.

The cruelties for which doctors, politicians and hospitals have to respond are - once again - less refusals to humanity than admissions of the relative helplessness of caregivers in the face of an evil.

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Source: lefigaro

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