The right to physical integrity is a fundamental human right. It aims to protect the human body and sets out what one may do with one’s own body – and that of others – and to whom a body belongs.
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In this context, individual agency and self-determination come into conflict with state, religious or communal restrictions and rules.
As part of ‘Bodies of Law’, philosopher Esther Neuhann and author and performer Lina Majdalanie examine the status of the body and reflect on what it means to possess an intact, unharmed body.
Esther Neuhann – visiting professor of philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main – conducts research into political, legal and social issues, critical theory and feminist philosophy, most recently focusing on concepts of the body in law. She is currently developing the concept of ‘embodied integrity’, an alternative and ‘body-affirming’ approach to valuing the individual in liberal democracies, which she will present. As part of the lecture series, Lina Majdalanie will present a version of her lecture performance ‘Appendice’.
The starting point is her thwarted wish to be cremated after her death – a practice that is prohibited in Lebanon, as funeral rituals there are regulated exclusively by the various religious authorities.
- What alternative ways are there to achieve her goal, and what role can art play in this?
Dates
October 2026
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