Starting from antiquity, the concept of habit has traversed the entire history of Western
philosophy and has represented one of the great themes of modern and contemporary
literature. The reflection on habit has raised questions concerning the relationship
between body and mind, the problem of time and the (re)construction of identity, the
conscious and the unconscious, and the role of memory.
This dossier addresses these questions from an aesthetic perspective, at the crossroads
between the history of philosophy and the history of literature