Skin. An Unfinished Story. Andrii Taranenko, Yurii Andrashko

We experience the world and interact with it through our skin, it is a certain identifier of our self, a material unit of human essence and at the same time one of our closest boundaries. Skin was the subject of magical rituals, it could be interpreted as a soul, and dermatological diseases were considered a punishment. So what is skin really for us, how does its mythology differ from myths about skin, how understanding has changed and approaches to its study have been transformed from ancient times to the present through the prism of philosophy, religion, culture, art, and social perception — this and much more is professionally, interestingly, and comprehensively covered in the book "Skin. An Unwritten History."