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A Philosophy of Walking Frederic Gros

A Philosophy of Walking By Frederic Gros

A Philosophy of Walking by Frederic Gros


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In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frederic Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B.

A Philosophy of Walking Summary

A Philosophy of Walking by Frederic Gros

"It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth."--Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frederic Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B -- the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble -- and reveals what they say about us. Gros draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as something central to their practice. On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eager seclusion in Walden Woods; the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury, while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy. He shows us how Rousseau walked in order to think, while Nietzsche wandered the mountainside to write. In contrast, Kant marched through his hometown every day, exactly at the same hour, to escape the compulsion of thought. Brilliant and erudite, "A Philosophy of Walking" is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.

A Philosophy of Walking Reviews

"This elegant book inspires consideration of an oft-overlooked subject." - Publisher's Weekly "An admirable little book which will delight even the most sedentary."- Le Monde "An unclassifiable book in which ideas are illuminated by the bright light of the morning." - L'Express "A passionate affirmation of the simple life, and joy in simple things. And it's beautifully written: clear, simple, precise." - Carole Cadwalladr, The Observer "Resolving to take more walks in the new year might sound like promising to take more naps - choosing idleness over work. But a lot of clever people don't see it that way [...] Frederic Gros asks why so many of our most productive writers and philosophers - Rousseau, Kant, Rimbaud, Robert Louis Stevenson, Nietzsche, Jack Kerouac - have also been indefatigable walkers." - Christopher Caldwell, Financial Times "This short, simple and profound book... will be read and re-read." - Laurence Coupe, Times Higher Education "Poignant life-stories ... are interspersed with the author's own meditations on walking... In the way a landscape is gradually absorbed by the long-distance rambler they steadily build into an insistent exhortation: get up, get out and walk!" - James Atlee, The Independent, 17 April 2014 "Life-affirming stuff." - National Geographic Traveller "Impressive." - Tom Payne, The Telegraph, 18 April 2014 "Philosopher Gros ponders walking, that most mundane mode of transportation or exercise, elevating it to its rightful place in inspiring creativity, evoking freedom, and quieting a troubled soul." - Booklist "This elegant book inspires consideration of an oft-overlooked subject." - Publisher's Weekly

About Frederic Gros

Frederic Gros is a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris XII and the Institute of Political Studies, Paris. He was the editor of the last lectures of Michel Foucault at the College de France. He has written books on psychiatry, law and war. He lives in Paris.

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GOR007245119
9781781688373
1781688370
A Philosophy of Walking by Frederic Gros
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Verso Books
2015-03-25
288
N/A
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