Abstract
This article examines three of Joseph Roth’s feuilletons in the context of the intersecting discourses of anthropology, medicine, and ethics in post-World War I Europe. Specifically, the article connects Roth’s description of the reconstructive surgery ward at the Charité hospital in Berlin, founded by pioneering surgeon Jacques Joseph, to the political-philosophical notion of “bare life,” in order to show how Roth thereby points to a new concept of human being beyond the prevailing anthropological categories of the time.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 87-109 |
Number of pages | 23 |
Journal | Journal of Austrian Studies |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 4 |
State | Published - 2013 |