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Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Strasbourg. Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) and the Institut des Études Avancées de l'université de Strasbourg (USIAS). Author of Anthropologie du corps et modernité (PUF), Tenir. Douleur chronique et réinvention de soi (Métailié), Expériences de la douleur.
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The Skin as Signature and Erasure: From Tattooing and Piercing to Scarification
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2011/2 No 57)
Cairn Talk with David Le Breton
Experiencing, expressing and sharing emotions
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Chapters and articles
L’amour des lieux. Topophilie, topophobie, topocide, Thierry Paquot, Presses universitaires de France, 2025, 264 pages, 17 euros
In Esprit (2025/9 Septembre)
Broken voices of fright: between cry and silence
In Revue française de psychosomatique (2025/1 n° 67)
David Le Breton: Youthful wanderings: self-disappearing in the crowd
In Adolescence (2024/2 Vol.42 No 2)
Reviews
- By Jean-Baptiste Lamarche,
- Bertrand Warusfel,
- Eugène Berg,
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In Esprit (2024/7 July August)
Reviews
- By Vincent Genin,
- Édouard Galby-Marinetti,
- Michel Herland,
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In Esprit (2024/4 April)
The face, emblem and enigma of our relationship with the Other. Interview with David Le Breton
- Interview with David Le Breton,
- conducted by Laura Apolonio
In Journal des anthropologues (2023/2 No 174-175)
Introduction
- By Vincent Liquète
- and David Le Breton
In Hermès, La Revue (2023/1 No 91)
Jean Corneloup, La transition récréative. Une utopie transmoderne, Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre, Mont-Saint-Aignan, 2021, 496 pp.
In Sociétés (2023/1 No 159)
“For me, the body does not exist”
- Interview with David Le Breton,
- conducted by Adrien Cascarino,
- Kevin Hiridjee
In Le Carnet Psy (2022/3 No 251)
Walking in the inclusion of the world
In Rhizome (2022/1 No 82)
Changing one’s skin in adolescence
- By David Le Breton,
- Translated by Elizabeth Kelly
In Adolescence (2022/HS4 Special Issue)
The Gift of Laughter
- By David Le Breton,
- Translated by Carmen Ruschiensky
In Mauss international (2021/1 No 1)
Changing one’s skin in adolescence
In Le Carnet Psy (2020/8 No 238)
23. The price of priceless things
In Études (2020/13 Special issue)
Making oneself invisible
The paradoxical quest of Robert Walser
In Revue française d'éthique appliquée (2018/2 No 6)
Presentation
In Revue française d'éthique appliquée (2018/2 No 6)
A Resisting Body, The Body of an Amazon
In Revue française de psychosomatique (2017/1 No 51)
Losing Oneself During Adolescence
In Études (2016/2 February)
Youth and Jihad
In Le Débat (2016/1 No 188)
Mores, Body and Identities
In Hermès, La Revue (2015/1 No 71)
Games of Death in Adolescence
In Empan (2015/1 No 97)
The Skin as Signature and Erasure: From Tattooing and Piercing to Scarification
In Revue de psychothérapie psychanalytique de groupe (2011/2 No 57)
On School Massacres
In Le Débat (2011/4 No 166)
Sociology, Psychoanalysis, and Risky Youths Behaviors
In Revue du MAUSS (2011/1 No 37)
Reconstructing Oneself by the Skin. Body Marks and Initiation
In Revue française de psychosomatique (2010/2 No 38)
From Disfigurement to Face Transplant
In Études (2010/6 Volume 412)
Nicolas Bouvier
A Travel Writer
In Études (2009/5 Volume 410)
Between Signing and Striking Out: From Tattoos and Piercings to Scarring
In Sociétés & Représentations (2008/1 No 25)
Individual rites of passage
Younger generations and the meaning of life
In Hermès, La Revue (2005/3 No 43)
Body Markings: Between Signature and Suppression
Identity Signs on the Skin
In Hypothèses (2006/1 9)
Towards the End of the Body: Cyberculture and Identity
In Revue internationale de philosophie (2002/4 No 222)
Risky Behavior
In Les cahiers de médiologie (2001/2 No 12)