Jackie Pigeaud
Encyclopedia
Jackie Pigeaud is a retired French professor of Latin and historian of medicine. He occupied a chair at the University of Nantes
and is a member of the Institut universitaire de France
.
His field of research is the relationship of body and soul
in the tradition of medical thought.
University of Nantes
The University of Nantes is a well-known French university, located in the city of Nantes. Currently, it is attended by approximately 34,000 students. 10% of them are international students coming from 110 countries.-History:...
and is a member of the Institut universitaire de France
Institut Universitaire de France
The Institut Universitaire de France, abbreviated by the acronym IUF is a French service of the Ministry of Higher Education that distinguishes each year a small number of teacher-researchers for their research excellence, as evidenced by their international...
.
His field of research is the relationship of body and soul
Mind-body dichotomy
The mind-body problem is a philosophical problem arising in the fields of metaphysics and philosophy of mind. The problem arises because mental phenomena appear to be qualitatively and substantially different from the physical bodies on which they appear to depend. There are a few major theories on...
in the tradition of medical thought.
Works
- (Ed.), Théroigne de MéricourtAnne Josephe Theroigne de MericourtAnne-Josèphe Théroigne de Méricourt , a French woman who was a figure in the French Revolution, was born at Marcourt , a small town in Luxembourg province in modern Belgium, on the banks of the Ourthe...
, La Lettre-mélancolie, Lettre adressée en 1801 à Danton (mort en... 1794), transcripte par Jean-Pierre Ghersenzon, Verdier / L’Éther Vague, 2005. - La maladie de l’âme. Etude sur la relation de l'âme et du coprs dans la tradition médico-philosophique antique (thèse de doctorat, published 1981), repr. with a new preface 2006, Les Belles Lettres, 590pp. ISBN 2-251-32842-4.
- L’Art et le Vivant, Gallimard, 1995. ISBN 2-07-073135-9.
- Poétiques du corps. Aux origines de la médecine, Les Belles Lettres, L’Age d’or, 2008, 706pp. ISBN 2251420320
- Melancholia: Le malaise de l'individu, Payot, Manuels Payot, 2008, 272pp. ISBN 2228901768.
Related publications
- Une traversée des savoirs. Mélanges offerts à Jackie Pigeaud par Jean Dhombres, Yves Hersant, Philippe Heuzé, Philippe Mudry, Éric Van der Schueren, Les collections de la République des Lettres, LES PRESSES DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL LES ÉDITIONS DE L'IQRC: Québec 2008 (Festschrift)
- Roger-Pol DroitRoger-Pol DroitRoger-Pol Droit is a French academic and philosopher. Alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud, he has written popular books, most notably 101 Experiments in the Philosophy of Everyday Life, which has been translated into twenty-two languages...
, Jackie Pigeaud : « L'Antiquité, j'y habite … », Le Monde des livres, venrdedi 26 septembre 2008, p. 10