Claire Marin makes the skin a philosophical subject
In a new essay, ‘Nos vies écorchées,’ the French philosopher examines skin as a site of contact, memory and vulnerability, and what it reveals about our ties to others.
Philosopher Claire Marin publishes ‘Nos vies écorchées,’ an essay that asks what the body perceives that the mind does not, according to Bibliobs (Le Nouvel Obs). Her subject is the skin: as a surface of contact, a repository of memory, and a marker of vulnerability.
In an interview with Bibliobs, Marin argues that sensation and thought are bound together. "Oui, la peau sent, la peau sait," she says. "La finesse de notre pensée est liée à l'étendue de notre sensibilité."
Oui, la peau sent, la peau sait. La finesse de notre pensée est liée à l'étendue de notre sensibilité.
Claire Marin, à Bibliobs
According to the outlet, the book frames skin as a way of thinking about what connects us to others, at a moment when, in Marin's view, the world tends to hold individuals at a distance.
Bibliobs presents ‘Nos vies écorchées’ as part of this year's rentrée littéraire. No publisher, page count or release date beyond the interview's publication was given in the material available.
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