Tras-parenze e apparenze dell’essere corporeo. Ripensare la realtàdell’essere corpo, tra vecchie e nuove sfide

This essay aims to highlight the anthropological relevance of the theme of the body and our relationship with corporeality; to focus on the identity-forming dimension of the human being, both to argue that we must – and not merely can – revive a reflection on the body, and to recognise that any consideration must also take the body into account, insofar as the body, in its bio-physiological dimension, plays a part in this reflection. To address the question of the centrality of the body, the starting point takes two references into account: neuroscientific research and ancestral anthropological cultures. Drawing on the thought of Helmuth Plessner, Günther Anders and Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the essay reflects on the internal relationality of the body and on the bodily experiences through which we perceive the world and work towards its transformation.