A philosophy of walking Gros, Frederic

By:

Gros, Frederic

Contributor(s):

Howe, John [Translator]

Publication details: Verso 2015 LondonDescription: x, 227 pISBN:

9781781688373

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

128.4 G7P4

Summary: "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. (http://www.versobooks.com/books/1865-a-philosophy-of-walking)

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ahmedabad General Stacks	Non-fiction	128.4 G7P4 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		190232

Total holds: 0

Browsing Ahmedabad shelves, Shelving location: General Stacks, Collection: Non-fiction Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous	No cover image available							Next
Previous	128.3 P6S3 Secret of staying in love	128.3 W2D4 Dignity, rank, and rights	128.33 W6F6 Formulas of the moral law	128.4 G7P4 A philosophy of walking	128.4 H8 Human nature: fact and fiction	128.4 M2F7 A fragile life: accepting our vulnerability	128.46 D4S4 A short philosophical guide to the fallacies of love	Next

Table of contents:

1.Walking Is Not a Sport
2.Freedoms
3.Why I Am Such a Good Walker Nietzsche
4.Outside
5.Slowness
6.The Passion for Escape Rimbaud
7.Solitudes
8.Silences
9.The Walker's Waking Dreams Rousseau
10.Eternities
11.Conquest of the Wilderness Thoreau
12.Energy
13.Pilgrimage
14.Regeneration and Presence
15.The Cynic's Approach
16.States of Well-Being
17.Melancholy Wandering Nerval
18.A Daily Outing Kant
19.Strolls
20.Public Gardens
21.The Urban Flaneur
22.Gravity
23.Elemental
24.Mystic and Politician Gandhi
25.Repetition

"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.

(http://www.versobooks.com/books/1865-a-philosophy-of-walking)

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.