A philosophy of walking
Gros, Frédéric2014
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Frédéric Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B - the pilgrimage, the promenade, the protest march, the nature ramble - and shows what it tells us about ourselves. He draws attention to other thinkers who also saw walking as a central part of their practice, and ponders over things like why Henry David Thoreau entered Walden Woods in pursuit of the wilderness, the reason Rimbaud walked in a fury while Nerval rambled to cure his melancholy.
Main title:
A philosophy of walking / Frédéric Gros ; translated by John Howe.
Author:
Gros, Frédéric, authorHowe, John (Translator), translator
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2014.
Collation:
x, 227 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781781682708 (hbk)1781682704
Dewey class:
128.4
Local class:
100
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
903661
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