Gros Frederic
A Philosophy Of Walking
A Philosophy Of Walking
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Description: 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 Fr d ric 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.
Title: A Philosophy Of Walking
Author(s): Gros Frederic
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781804290446
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Category: Walking, Hiking, Trekking
Description: 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 Fr d ric 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.
Title: A Philosophy Of Walking
Author(s): Gros Frederic
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781804290446
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 7/11/2023
Category: Walking, Hiking, Trekking
