Guérir, réparer, soigner, accompagner. Sur le sujet du care dans Feuilles d’hôpital de Lorand Gaspar

In Feuilles d’hôpital (2024), care is one of the leading themes in Lorand Gaspar’s thought, structuring the different layers of his writing while also conveying a particular ethos. Much more than an intellectual theme, care is, in fact, a fundamental disposition that defines Gaspar’s singular presence (présence) in the world – which we may translate as a set of personal, moral and professional values taking into account the presence of the vulnerable Other seen both as a fundamentally distinct subjectivity and as an intrinsic part of a one and single suffering Body. At the intersection of values such as receptiveness, compassion, and the desire to heal and repair (réparer), Gaspar’s ethos in Feuilles d’hôpital aligns with the core principles of the contemporary “care theory”.