English summary: The present work weaves a complicated analysis of hair in ancient Greek society, examining the place of pilosity in Greek thought and life. The study focuses first on the biology of hair, from Hippocrates to Aristotle, of its birth, growth, sicknesses, and death. The sociological aspects of hair is then studied, its contributions to aesthetics and identity, followed by the role of hair in religious practices. The book ends with the relationship between hair and beauty for both men and women in the ancient ...
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English summary: The present work weaves a complicated analysis of hair in ancient Greek society, examining the place of pilosity in Greek thought and life. The study focuses first on the biology of hair, from Hippocrates to Aristotle, of its birth, growth, sicknesses, and death. The sociological aspects of hair is then studied, its contributions to aesthetics and identity, followed by the role of hair in religious practices. The book ends with the relationship between hair and beauty for both men and women in the ancient Greek world. French description: Les poils des Grecs, futilite ? Ah non ! Alors, cle d'ut pour renouveler radicalement la lecture de leur monde ? N'exagerons pas ! N'etait le nombre de pages, exuberant ou dissimule, exhibe ou cache, ce poil grec reste neanmoins modeste. Modeste, mais solide, vigoureux, efficace, autant de qualites qui font de lui un precieux temoin. Saisi convenablement et adequatement tire, il vous conduira la ou on ne l'attend pas: en biologie, medecine, physiognomonie, sociologie, politique, ethnologie, religion, esthetique, jusqu'en amour pendant qu'on y est. Autre force, sa souplesse. Ainsi met-il en evidence des liens insoupconnes que Grecs d'autrefois etablissaient entre ces disciplines. Qui fait mieux ? S'attacher a une entreprise d'histoire du corps qui a deja produit de beaux fruits, substituer a une histoire si longtemps glabre, une histoire sans voile, c'est constater que le poil s'immisce dans les discours politiques, sociaux, intervient dans des pratiques d'exclusion, prend place dans des rituels religieux, joue le premier role dans des appreciations des corps, et du desir qu'on eprouve pour eux. C'est constater a quel point, dans la culture grecque, sont incarnees les ideologies.
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