Europe 1 Studio SEASON 2021 - 202207:00 a.m., May 16, 2022

Listen to a new historical story from the podcast "At the heart of history" dedicated to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in partnership with the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille.

On the occasion of the exhibition devoted to "The Magic Forest" offered until September 19 as part of Lille 3000 Utopia, discover the secret relationship to nature of the great philosopher of the Enlightenment.

If the forest is in the collective imagination the place of all mysteries, for Rousseau, it constitutes a refuge far from the corrupt society of men.

In this special episode produced by Europe 1 Studio, Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach recounts the life of wandering in the forests of Rousseau, a great thinker of the 18th century concerned with building a better world. 

Follow Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his contemplation of the forests with the immersive story of Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach in the podcast "At the heart of History".

For the Enlightenment philosopher, society has perverted the originally good man.

Only nature, preserved from the wickedness of humans, echoes the writer's desire for purity and innocence.

Thus, Rousseau spends hours walking in the heart of the forests, finding companions who look like him in the trees.

In this episode in partnership with the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, discover how the world of the forest has innervated his philosophical thought. 

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"At the heart of history" is a Europe 1 Studio podcast

Writing and presentation: Clémentine Portier-Kaltenbach

Production: Europe 1 Studio

Directed by: Christophe Daviaud 

Broadcaster: Eloise Bertil

Graphics: Sidonie Mangin