Notes for a Hermeneutics of the Body

Abstract

Every human body is characterized by many signs, marks, features, that make it unique and form it like a text. In order to interpret this peculiar writing it’s helpful to resort to hermeneutical view, very useful to go beyond the appearance and to deeply understand the person and his/her past life. Reading of physical text cannot exclude the context; moreover, it is to prefer the hermeneutical instead of the epistemological view. Skill in reading other people’s body is very useful in educative professions.