A philosophy of walking
Gros, Frédéric2023
Book
In A Philosophy of Walking, 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.
Main title:
A philosophy of walking / Frédéric Gros ; translated by John Howe ; new chapters translated by Andy Bliss ; illustrated by Alain Boyer.
Author:
Gros, Frédéric, authorHowe, John (Translator), translatorBliss, Andy, translatorBoyer, Alain, 1967-, illustrator
Work:
Edition:
Revised and expanded second edition.
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2023.©2023
Collation:
x, 258 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Notes:
First published as Marcher, une philosophie © Flammarion, 2011. This English-language edition first published by Verso 2014.Includes bibliographical references.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781804290446 (pbk)9781804290446 (pbk)9781804290446 (paperback)
Dewey class:
128.4
Language:
EnglishFrench
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Subject:
BRN:
792616
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Society | SOCIETY 128.4 GROS | On loan - Due: 19 Jul 2026 |
| narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services | -Society | SOCIETY 128.4 GROS | On reserve shelf at Kathleen Syme Carlton |