The 18th Century in Europe was the intense momentum of a reflexion about the question: “what is the human body?” From materialist philosophy to some libertine way of life, the question is open. And what about nowadays, after the huge revolution of psychoanalysis and the current biotechnological transformation of the human body? What is exactly our relationship towards our own body, and, ultimately, what could be the future of our human species?

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Gisèle Berkman (member of editorial committee of magazine “ Poetry” , vice-chairman of the International College of Philosophy)

Gisèle Berkman is vice-chairman of the International College of Philosophy and member of editorial committee of magazine “ Poetry” directed by Michel Deguy, famous French Poet. Recent publications: “Bartleby Effect: philosopher readers ”(Hermann, 2011), “ Archeology of myself ” (with C.Jacot-Grapa, P.U.Vincennes, 2010).

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