COURSE INFORMATION
Social Science
- Course Dates:
- 14.01.2026(Wed)
- Time:
- 14:00-15:00 JST
- New
- Application open
- Courses that have finished
Tokyo College Event: “Anatomy of the State. From the Body Politic to the Body”
*Lectures will be given in English
- Venue
- Online
- Organizing
- TOKYO COLLEGE
- Organizer (Details)
- Tokyo College
- Method
- Zoom Webinar
- Capacity
Not specified
- Course fees
No charge
- Application period
Dec.1, 2025-Jan. 14.2026
- Who can apply
- Individual
- Target
General public / Enrolled students / Applying students / International students / Alumni / Companies / High school students / Technical college students / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff
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Abstract
The body politic has, since the Middle Ages, provided an enduring analogy in Europe for describing the ‘right’ kind of political organisation. In this talk I explain how this analogy was turned inside out by the scientific discoveries made around the real body in16th and 17th centuries Europe. I show how the emergence of the body as a focal point for the Scientific Revolution was coextensive with the rise of a new kind of political organisation, the state.
Program
Lecturer
Charlotte EPSTEIN (Visiting Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator
Trent BROWN (Associate Professor, Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo)
