Relation and Rupture at the End of Life

Dr. Megan Craig, Stony Brook University, at MTSU’s Applied Philosophy Lyceum

Middle Tennessee State University-Applied Philosophy Lyceum, Sep 26 2025. “Relation and Rupture at the End of Life”… joined in progress, a few minutes after the beginning (when IT technicians reported technical difficulties with the scheduled recording).

Megan Craig’s talk considers three kinds of relations that come into focus at or after the end of life: being-there-alongside, waiting, and staying. The first relation is explored in light of Heidegger’s and Levinas’ contrasting accounts of responsibility, the second in terms of Bergson’s notion of hesitation, and the third in relation to Winnicott’s description of a “holding environment.” Her work serves as a plea for spaces and practices that support more generous, open-ended, and nuanced relations among those who are dying and those who attend to and survive them.

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