Charles Pépin - La rencontre, une philosophie
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A true encounter never leaves us unchanged: it shakes us up, reveals us to ourselves, and re-enchants our relationship with the world.
Charles Pépin presents his book "The Encounter, a Philosophy," published by Allary. Interview with Sylvie Hazebroucq.
Find the book here: https://www.mollat.com/livres/2441659...
In "The Encounter, a Philosophy," Charles Pépin explores the enigma of the encounter, which he defines as a transformative event capable of shattering our certainties about identity. This book concludes a conceptual trilogy begun with "The Virtues of Failure" and "Self-Confidence," illustrating the movement of a life that gradually opens itself to otherness. According to Charles Pépin, a true encounter is not simply a crossing of paths, but a profound existential shift that takes us out of our usual bearings and allows us to feel at home in unfamiliar territory.
The author analyzes the notion of recognition, this unsettling feeling of familiarity in the face of the unknown, which he illuminates through Platonic myths and psychoanalytic theories. He calls for an ethics of openness, where the will to act must be balanced with a necessary letting go to welcome the unpredictable. Through famous examples such as the duo David Bowie and Lou Reed or the intellectual relationship between Voltaire and Émilie du Châtelet, he shows how the other becomes a revealer of our own vital energy.
Charles Pépin also examines contemporary obstacles to connection, such as narcissism and the obsession with control. He argues for an acceptance of our vulnerability, a necessary condition for stepping outside ourselves and fully inhabiting the present. A stimulating exchange that reminds us that the human adventure begins where our social masks fade away, giving way to the emergence of reality.
00:00 Introduction and genesis of the work
02:15 The link between failure, trust, and encounter
04:50 Definition of vital impetus in Bergson
07:30 The mystery of recognition in Plato
11:00 Existential modification through the other
14:20 The ideal attitude between will and relaxation
18:40 Contribution of psychoanalysis to the encounter
23:15 The specific case of family and confinement
28:00 Analysis of avoidance strategies and jealousy
33:10 Moving beyond rationalism and rigid criteria
38:50 Vulnerability in the face of the social mask
44:15 Constructive love versus fusion love
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Je lirai votre livre …..
Bowie, Aragon etc…
Et quel flux rapide de paroles
Cette urgence de communiquer j adore ❤️
Charles Pépin - La rencontre, une philosophie
librairie mollat
42,957 views
A true encounter never leaves us unchanged: it shakes us up, reveals us to ourselves, and re-enchants our relationship with the world.
Charles Pépin presents his book "The Encounter, a Philosophy," published by Allary. Interview with Sylvie Hazebroucq.
Find the book here: https://www.mollat.com/livres/2441659...
In "The Encounter, a Philosophy," Charles Pépin explores the enigma of the encounter, which he defines as a transformative event capable of shattering our certainties about identity. This book concludes a conceptual trilogy begun with "The Virtues of Failure" and "Self-Confidence," illustrating the movement of a life that gradually opens itself to otherness. According to Charles Pépin, a true encounter is not simply a crossing of paths, but a profound existential shift that takes us out of our usual bearings and allows us to feel at home in unfamiliar territory.
The author analyzes the notion of recognition, this unsettling feeling of familiarity in the face of the unknown, which he illuminates through Platonic myths and psychoanalytic theories. He calls for an ethics of openness, where the will to act must be balanced with a necessary letting go to welcome the unpredictable. Through famous examples such as the duo David Bowie and Lou Reed or the intellectual relationship between Voltaire and Émilie du Châtelet, he shows how the other becomes a revealer of our own vital energy.
Charles Pépin also examines contemporary obstacles to connection, such as narcissism and the obsession with control. He argues for an acceptance of our vulnerability, a necessary condition for stepping outside ourselves and fully inhabiting the present. A stimulating exchange that reminds us that the human adventure begins where our social masks fade away, giving way to the emergence of reality.
00:00 Introduction and genesis of the work
02:15 The link between failure, trust, and encounter
04:50 Definition of vital impetus in Bergson
07:30 The mystery of recognition in Plato
11:00 Existential modification through the other
14:20 The ideal attitude between will and relaxation
18:40 Contribution of psychoanalysis to the encounter
23:15 The specific case of family and confinement
28:00 Analysis of avoidance strategies and jealousy
33:10 Moving beyond rationalism and rigid criteria
38:50 Vulnerability in the face of the social mask
44:15 Constructive love versus fusion love
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