Death, Medicine and the Right to Die: An Engagement with Heidegger, Bauman and Baudrillard

Examines the perspectives on death offered by two contemporary writers: Zygmunt Bauman and Jean Baudrillard. Both writers recognize the important role that medicine has played in ordering the modern conception of death. Situates these two perspectives in relation to each other and to Heidegger, and...

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Published in:Body & society 1997-12, Vol.3 (4), p.51-77
Main Author: TIERNEY, THOMAS F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Baudrillard, Jean
Bauman, Zygmunt
Death
Death Attitudes
Euthanasia
Health
Heidegger, Martin
Medicine
Morality
Morbidity
Mortality
Philosophical aspects
Philosophy
Right to Die
Social philosophy
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Summary:Examines the perspectives on death offered by two contemporary writers: Zygmunt Bauman and Jean Baudrillard. Both writers recognize the important role that medicine has played in ordering the modern conception of death. Situates these two perspectives in relation to each other and to Heidegger, and discusses them in relation to the issue of suicide and the right to die.
ISSN:1357-034X
1460-3632
DOI:10.1177/1357034X97003004003