Le «Quarantième jour»" approches anthropo-philosophiques

Abstract EN

In any society, there is absolutely a usage of time and space which manifests itself through individual and collective practices.

Regarding the use of time, duration calculation imposes itself on actors; based mostly on reason, feasibility and pragmatism, to put into effect the relative actions.

This gives a meaning to diverse event practices and customs.

This hypothesis is discussed on the occasion of the celebration of the 40th day after two separate events: that of the birth of the Child and the death.

Although they are separate, we believe that they obey to the same temporality.

The idea of the random (the irrational, the random, the fantastic…) being excluded from our analyzes, arguments reinforce our approach which suggests that the gradual process of life toward death is similar, in some way, to the progression of the death to life.