The masks have fallen for a few days, and here we are again fully human, welcomes David Le Breton.
The professor of sociology at the University of Strasbourg reminds us that if the smile is universal, it has a social meaning.
This expression, often associated with joy, can also take forms that are not always tender.
Author of numerous works, notably on walking or on laughter, he publishes
Sourire.
Anthropology of the enigmatic,
Métailié Editions.
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LE FIGARO.
- Put down the masks.
Long live the smile!
David LE BRETON.
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Finally!
Maybe you recognize a smile by the voice, but certainly not by the eyes.
I often quote
Les Yeux sans visage
, the horror film by Georges Franju.
The smile involves the whole face, not only the eyes but also the nose, the lips, the cheeks.
Smiling with an uncovered face is a form of recognition of the other.
Masks dropped, we became fully human again.
Smile, smile… What…
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