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The paper aims at offering an analysis of the development of feminist thought
(mainly in Europe and North America) looked through the notion of identity, in its
personal and political uses. The leading idea presented is that this analysis may offer
interesting considerations leading to a weakened understanding of this notion.

This contribution introduces the main themes of the volume Human Nature. Anima, mente e corpo dall’antichità alle neuroscienze, focusing on the history of the concepts of soul, mind and body in philosophy, medicine and psychology, and its relevance for the contemporary research on the bodily roots of experience and cognition.

Ernesto De Martino’s theorization and the considerations on the ‘crisis of presence’ represent a milestone in the field of Religious Studies. The crisis reveals itself in the daily events of the human being, such as death.