Douro Editions "Through reading, we become absent from ourselves and our own lives." Alphonse Karr
Olivia-Jeanne Cohen
Doctor of Letters, Knight in the National Order of Academic Palms, Olivia-Jeanne Cohen, passionate about literature and philosophy, speaks in various forums in literature, philosophy, on questions of being-in-the-world, on questions of aesthetics, those of art and the performing arts (painting, theater, dance, etc.). She has spoken for many years on various subjects as a lecturer at the Sorbonne (Department of French Literature and Civilization, Department of Cinema, Arts and Media, History, etc.). Literature, which according to her is inseparable from philosophy in its understanding of being-in-the-world, is part of this reflexive necessity between the finite and the infinite. Essayist, novelist, playwright and director, director of the "Résonances" collection, she is closely interested in the world of yesterday and today in its complexity and its allusions. She is also the author of several books of interviews, scientific articles, collectives, studies on questions of aesthetics (in art and performing arts, etc.), she collaborates on various collective projects (theater, cinema, dance) and has produced several monographs on dance and painting, as well as for cinema as a screenwriter but also voice-over and reader at Radio-France for the program "Archivox" for several years. She is also a French-Korean co-translator of critical works on theater, dramaturgy, scenography and plays from the contemporary French repertoire.
Reflecting on self-image immediately creates a questioning of the position of this noun phrase, in other words the noun, the image, and its complement, the reciprocity of the self. As soon as we cite this expression, it sets in motion its own significance, a multiple source of questioning. Is it the being-self, a double of me that I propose to others, an identity, an ephemeral construction? How can we grasp its definitions and contours? How can we approach it? This work examines from various angles the situation of being in the world if we can even understand its foundations and issues. The reflections on this quest for identity, an expression of the different states of self treated to different degrees and according to different modes of philosophical, sensitive, literary approach, also express the author's positions and his commitment, as regards the second part of the work: the writing of a shock, that of October 7, 2023 which opened again the scene of abomination, which summons shadows, hallucinations and fantasies. October 7 reactivated The Vehement Image that Obscures. A nomadic gaze that has frequented other gazes, those of a History and a thousand lives, the expression of these parts of being-in-the-world, of ontological questions on immanence, on the relativity of one's situation in the world and in one's relationship to the other through an observant gaze, one, also, which has honed itself for many years in the guise of Thought, in love with literature and philosophical reflection. Release Date: April 1, 2024 Order
An extreme, sunny, and tragic novel, L'Immédiat is about a woman in search of freedom and love, where the landscapes of the South are captivating and invade the senses. The urgency to live, sensitive to each page, feverish, questions existence, the intimate being, and one's being in the world. Sensuality resonates within the writing of these pages made of flesh and blood. Publication date: February 1, 2024 Order
