Farewell to the Body

The idea of getting rid of the "body", which is despised by religions and ideologies and seen as 'dirty' and 'immoral', which can wear out, be disabled, injured and die, has become a subject of utopia and dream that preoccupies not only the philosophy and theology that separates the body and the soul, but also the whole humanity. Nowadays, the level of science and technology has reached makes it possible to deform the body, put it out of use, or even get rid of the body completely, through both prosthetics and simulations and all kinds of artistic performances.

So, is this point reached a positive and pleasing development for our humanity, or is it a process that cripples our physical-spiritual structure, which is actually a whole, and dehumanizes us? David Le Breton, who pursues this fundamental question, in his Farewell to the Body, describes tattoos, piercings, It invites us to reclaim our humanity by discussing various examples, from the most ordinary deformations such as plastic surgery to body-art and body performances, from the possibilities offered by information technologies to cyber-sexuality, "test tube baby" methods and prosthetics, in an absorbing language and from a partially dystopian perspective.

Following his important works such as In Praise of Walking, Anthropology of Pain, Skin and Trace, David Le Breton puts the phenomenon of longing for life without a body, against the current reality in which the individual navigates his body geography with his own feelings and thoughts and uses its possibilities, even if they are imperfect or incomplete.
(From the Promotional Bulletin)



Number of Pages: 244

Year of Printing: 2016


Language: Turkish
Publisher: Sel Publishing

Translation: Aziz Ufuk Kiliç

First Print Year: 2016

Number of Pages: 244

Language Turkish