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A philosophy of walking

Gros, Frédéric2015
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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 ; illustrated by Clifford Harper ; translated by John Howe.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Verso, 2015.London : Verso, 2015.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.This translation originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781781688373 (pbk)
Dewey class:
128.4128.4GRO
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
1735706
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