by Axel Kahn · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266179874
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«L'homme, ce roseau pensant...» is Axel Kahn's essay on the roots of human nature, published by Pocket in paperback (316 pages, in French).
Starting from the genetic banality of Homo sapiens, Axel Kahn revisits the philosophical question of what is «proper to man» by combining evolutionary theory, genetics and cognitive sciences. The essay explains why, despite this biological closeness to other living beings, only the human being questions its origin, nature and responsibility, taking up the Pascalian image of the «roseau pensant».
The subtitle of the work is «Essai sur les racines de la nature humaine». The book is part of the Pocket collection and was published in 2008.
Aimed at readers interested in philosophy, anthropology and popular science who want an accessible and erudite reflection on the human condition.
Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.
