How do we experience our fears?

Our fears grip us even before we understand them. They manifest themselves in our bodies, alter our perceptions, and influence our decisions. But what really happens when we feel fear? How does this emotion, which is both intimate and universal, form, spread, and sometimes transform us?

In this lecture, Emmanuelle Sarzi-Campillo invites us to explore the multiple dimensions of fear: neurobiological, psychological, and social. At the crossroads of neuroscience and the humanities, she examines how we experience our fears—how they arise in the body, become anchored in memory, shape our relationship with the world, and are transmitted.

A lively and accessible reflection on a fundamental emotion, which reveals as much about our fragilities as it does about our ability to adapt.