Les Aventuriers du savoir
Astrophysicist Jean-Pierre Luminet’s latest novel, L’Oeil de Galilée* [« Galileo’s Eye »], whose cast of characters includes Kepler, Tycho Brahé, and Galileo, shows that science does not evolve separately from a social and historical context. In science, knowledge and emotion are hand in glove, and intelligence cannot be isolated from creative imagination.
Does it make sense to talk of « libido sciendi »? To be sure, research is closely related to pleasure and boldness of spirit, both of which have undeniable relevance in post-modernity and its defining aspect, interaction. To discuss these questions, Michel Maffesoli has invited Jean-Pierre Luminet, Professor Fabian Sanabria (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá ), and researcher Aurélien Fouillet (CEAQ – Centre d’études de l’actuel et du quotidien, Université La Sorbonne – Paris V).
* Editions JC Lattès, 2009