Anatomy of the State. From the Body Politic to the Body (Lecture by Prof. Charlotte EPSTEIN)

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The body politic has, since the Middle Ages, provided an enduring analogy in Europe for describing the ‘right’ kind of political organisation. In this talk I explain how this analogy was turned inside out by the scientific discoveries made around the real body in16th and 17th centuries Europe. I show how the emergence of the body as a focal point for the Scientific Revolution was coextensive with the rise of a new kind of political organisation, the state.

Lecturer
Charlotte EPSTEIN (Invited Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)

Moderator
Trent BROWN (Associate Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)

French-born in Kenya, Charlotte Epstein studied Philosophy and French Literature at the Université de la Sorbonne and went on to complete an MPhil and PhD in International Relations at the University of Cambridge. Her academic appointments have included a George Lurcy visiting research position at UC Berkeley, a teaching and research role at the University of Sydney, and research positions at the University of Copenhagen, the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS), and the Danish Institute of International Studies (DIIS).