Le temps dans l'art, dans la religion, dans la biologie, dans la physique, dans la médecine, dans l

By drawing the reader towards fields as varied as art, religion, biology, physics, medicine, astronomy, psychology, mythology, traditions and philosophy, this work invites us to reflect on the nature of time and envisage its universal, social, cultural and individual functions. What is time? A vast question, which, for centuries, has fuelled the reflections of philosophers, scientists, artists and researchers, without ever leading to a perfectly satisfactory or complete answer, the subject being so rich. At the very most can we grasp certain elements of time: which is the ambition of this collective work, to reveal the diversity and multiplicity of its facets to us. Therefore, is time as experienced by living organisms, from the most elementary to the most highly evolved, the same as that of the human psyche? Is the one which provides the rhythm of cosmic and religious cycles that which has governed the evolution of the living world throughout the generations? is this time of biological evolution of the same nature as that of the evolution of societies and cultures? With regards to the time of physics, is this what holds the power to control movement, life’s source, like us the preserve of ancient myths, which additionally tell us that time is an illusion.

Le temps et le philosophe - Astronomie et rythmes du temps - Le temps sacré - Le temps dans le symbolisme chinois et sa relation avec l'univers et le quotidien - Le temps chez les Hébreux - La vision mystique du temps - Temps et religion : le calendrier chrétien - Temps et karma - Le temps des mythes - Le temps du vivant - L'évolution des espèces sous l'angle de leur relation au temps - Des centres temporels dans l'homme - Le temps et la santé - Le temps comme phénomène psychologique - Le temps des physiciens - La musique et le temps - L'expérience du temps scénique dans le théâtre et la danse - Le dialogue des cultures à travers le temps - La dictature du temps dans le monde moderne