{"product_id":"9781804290446-philosophy-of-walking","title":"A Philosophy of Walking","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Edition: fully expanded. The international best selling popular philosophy of why we walk\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy  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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e,  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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGros  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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant and erudite, \u003ci\u003eA Philosophy of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining and insightful manifesto for putting one foot in front of the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40894690623585,"sku":"9781804290446","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34337832_d47e1384-4c3a-4c05-ae3d-7c52f4018e4a.jpg?v=1747276096","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804290446-philosophy-of-walking","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}