From universal Nature to singular natures : what lessons for the analysis of cultures ?

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Philippe Descola

Professor at the Collège de France

Events

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18 Oct 2017

4:30 - 6:30pm

Yves Cochet, Roger Guesnerie, Jean-François Nogrette et David Western

The Awakening of Nature in Sino-Japanese Buddhism : how plants and stones become Buddha…

Enjoyment and domination. Metamorphoses of nature in late medieval Europe

" The vexations of nature " : the test of naturalisms between…

Natural law : constraint or construct ?…

From universal Nature to singular natures : what lessons for the analysis of cultures…

The question of returning to the soil and perverse universalism

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19 Oct 2017

4:00 - 5:00pm

Alain Wijffels, Philippe Descola et Bruno Latour

Debate

Let the sentinels live. Transformations of biopolitics by virus hunters

From 1.23 % to 900 cm3, a small difference with big consequences

The natural and the innate : a historical perspective

Can we speak of " human nature " in ancient Chinese thought ?

Nature, the subject of law ?

How to situate the spirit in nature ?

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20 Oct 2017

12:15 - 1:15pm

Claudine Tiercelin et François Ost

Debate

The CRISPR-Cas system : a natural tool for improving and genetically marking bacterial …

Using CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing to Investigate Mechanisms of Lineage Specification in Huma…

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20 Oct 2017

3:30 - 4:30pm

Marie-Angèle Hermitte

What is the relationship between the artificialization of nature and the law(s) of the living …

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20 Oct 2017

4:00 - 5:00pm

Marie-Angèle Hermitte, Philippe Horvath et Kathy Niakan

Debate

Medicine versus nature: an acceptable battle ?

Bioinspiration : better understand " nature " to create in ma…

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20 Oct 2017

5:45 - 6:45pm

Alain Fischer et Clément Sanchez

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From universal Nature to singular natures : what lessons for the analysis of cultures ?

Speaker(s)

Philippe Descola

Events

Round table : The politics of nature

Opening of the symposium

Phusis/Natura/Nature: Origins and Ambivalences

The Awakening of Nature in Sino-Japanese Buddhism : how plants and stones become Buddha…

Enjoyment and domination. Metamorphoses of nature in late medieval Europe

" The vexations of nature " : the test of naturalisms between…

Natural law : constraint or construct ?…

From universal Nature to singular natures : what lessons for the analysis of cultures…

The question of returning to the soil and perverse universalism

Debate

Let the sentinels live. Transformations of biopolitics by virus hunters

From 1.23 % to 900 cm3, a small difference with big consequences

The natural and the innate : a historical perspective

Can we speak of " human nature " in ancient Chinese thought ?

Nature, the subject of law ?

How to situate the spirit in nature ?

Debate

The CRISPR-Cas system : a natural tool for improving and genetically marking bacterial …

Using CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing to Investigate Mechanisms of Lineage Specification in Huma…

What is the relationship between the artificialization of nature and the law(s) of the living …

Debate

Medicine versus nature: an acceptable battle ?

Bioinspiration : better understand " nature " to create in ma…

Debate

Conclusions

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