Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon in UCL
In the South Cloisters of University College London is Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon, a sort of relic-statue made out of the remains of Bentham and his clothes, and with a wax head. There are all kinds of myths about this object. Philip Schofield, an expert on Bentham, and Director of the Bentham Project, discusses the fascinating history of what happened to Bentham's body, and why Bentham was so keen that he should have an afterlife in this form.
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Listen to Philip Schofield on Jeremy Bentham's Auto-Icon
