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A Philosophy of Walking
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New Edition: fully expanded. The international best selling popular philosophy of why we walk
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By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no history, it is just an eddy in the stream of immemorial life.
In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frédéric 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.
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A Philosophy of Walking by Frédéric Gros has received praise for its clear and beautiful writing, and its passionate affirmation of the simple life. The book thoughtfully intersperses poignant life stories of famous walkers with Gros's own meditations, urging readers to embrace walking for its creative inspiration and mental freedom. It's an elegantly written work that inspires and delights, encouraging even the most sedentary to get up and walk.
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ISBN: 9781804290446
Publisher: Verso Books
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 July 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Verso Books
Edition: New edition
Contributors:
- Translated by John Howe
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 17.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 480g
Pages: 272
About the Author
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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