To find it, do we have to return to the natural equilibrium of connections between body, soul and personal relationships, or should we wait until genetics, nanotechnology and maybe even relaxation techniques and psychotropic drugs are able to offer us answers on illnesses and help us to better programme our body and psyche?
There is a contradiction in our culture between a sense of lost equilibrium and the uncertain hope in the future of science. Which of these two fates (or chimeras) should we ask for happiness? And why is it that discussions on health are always confused with discussions on happiness, ecology, anti-violence, tolerance and the balance between harmony and fairness…
Only one thing is certain, the collective imagination itself does not want to accept suffering, limits, illness and death as integral parts of life. Even if postmodern hedonism is losing its grip, it is leaving us with a sense that we have the right to happiness right here right now, and the bitter sensation that illness, suffering and death are unjust.