by Axel Kahn · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782234081130
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«Être humain, pleinement» is the philosophical essay by Axel Kahn, published by Stock in paperback (244 pages, in French).
Axel Kahn interweaves the fiction of two twins from Borneo who grow up in opposite conditions —one in society, the other raised by an orangutan— with an essayistic reflection on what makes a human being fully human: environment, otherness, and circumstances of development. The story serves as a thread for the philosophical analysis.
Published in 2016 in the Les essais de Stock collection; includes bibliographical references.
Aimed at readers interested in philosophical anthropology and the question of human nature.
Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.
