David Le Breton is professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the Marc Bloch University in Strasbourg, a member of the Institut Universitaire de France, and the author of a number of works on the anthropology of the body. Among his books that are not yet translated into Italian are: Corps et sociétés. Essai de sociologie et d'anthropologie du corps (1985); Anthropologie du corps et modernité (PUF 1990, 2003); La sociologie du corps (PUF 1992); L’adieu au corps (Métailié 1999); En souffrance (Métailié, 2007) ; Expériences de la douleur entre destruction et renaissance (Métailié, 2010). Available in Italian translation are: Passione del rischio (EGA 1995); Il mondo a piedi (Feltrinelli 2001); La pelle e la traccia. Le ferite del sé (Meltemi 2005); Il sapore del mondo. Un’antropologia dei sensi (Raffaello Cortina 2007); Antropologia del dolore (Meltemi 2007); Antropologia del corpo e modernità (Giuffrè 2007).