Frédéric Gros
autor
A Philosophy of Shame
Can shame become a source of political strength? Faced with injustice, growing inequality and systemic violence, we cry out in shame. We feel ashamed of obscene wealth amid wider deprivation. We feel ashamed of humanity for its ruthless and relentless exploitation of the earth. We feel ashamed of the racism and sexism that permeate society and our everyday lives.<br><br>This difficult emotion is not just sadness or a withdrawal into oneself, nor is it a paralysing sense of inadequacy. As Frédéric Gros argues in <i>A Philosophy of Shame</i>, it arises when our perception of reality rejects passivity and resignation and instead embraces imagination. Shame thus becomes the expression of an anger that is a powerful, transformative force —one that assumes a radical character.<br><br>In dialogue with authors such as Primo Levi, Annie Ernaux, Virginie Despentes and James Baldwin, Gros explores a concept that is still little understood in its anthropological, moral, psychological and political depths. Shame is a revolutionary sentiment because it lies at the foundation of any path of subjective recognition, transformation and struggle.
A Philosophy of Walking
In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestseller in France, leading thinker Frederic Gros charts the many different ways we get from A to B.
By 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.
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.
A Philosophy of Walking
This philosophical ode to finding joy in simple things explores how walking has influenced history’s greatest thinkers—from Henry David Thoreau and John Muir to Gandhi and Nietzsche.
“It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” —Nietzsche
In this French bestseller, leading thinker and philosopher 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.
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.
Disobey! A Philosophy of Resistance
Exploring the philosophy of disobedience
The world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent question for everyone. In this provocative essay, Frédéric Gros explores the roots of political obedience. Social conformity, economic subjection, respect for authorities, constitutional consensus? Examining the various styles of obedience provides tools to study, invent and induce new forms of civic disobedience and lyrical protest. Nothing can be taken for granted: neither supposed certainties nor social conventions, economic injustice or moral conviction.
Thinking philosophically requires us never to accept truths and generalities that seem obvious. It restores a sense of political responsibility. At a time when the decisions of experts are presented as the result of icy statistics and anonymous calculations, disobeying becomes an assertion of humanity.
To philosophize is to disobey. This book is a call for critical democracy and ethical resistance.
Filozofia chôdze
Kniha Filozofia chôdze francúzskeho filozofa Frédérica Grosa, profesora politickej filozofie na Univerzite Paríž XII, je bestsellerom na knižnom trhu. Ide o filozofickú knihu písanú ľahkým esejistickým perom, prístupnú aj bežnému čitateľovi. Predajnosť knihy len vo Francúzsku dávno presiahla počet 100 000 výtlačkov. Samotná téma chôdze, tej najobyčajnejšej a najprirodzenejšej ľudskej činnosti, je tu z filozofickej perspektívy reflektovaná v rozličných podobách prechádzania, putovania či túlania sa. V 25 esejach autor postupne otvára nesamozrejmé súvislosti medzi písaním, literatúrou, premýšľaním a chodením, prechádzaním sa. Chôdza nie je nijaký šport, nejde pri nej o techniku, súťaženie, výsledky a víťazstvá oveľa viac je slobodným, často pomalým kráčaním bez vopred daného cieľa. Ink vyzerá lesná vychádzka, inak zase putovanie horskými úbočiami, mestský flanér nedá dopustiť na výhody spojené s potulkami modernou megapolis. Kniha ponúka aj množstvo zaujímavých súvislostí medzi chôdzou a osobnosťami, ktoré sa ňou preslávili: kynici, F. Nietzsche, A. Rimbaud, J.-J. Rousseau, M. Gádhí, H. D. Thoureau, G. de Nerval. Téma chôdze je blízka nám všetkým, môžeme ju slobodne praktizovať kedykoľvek sa nám zachce, je zadarmo, je to radosť chudobných jej zmysel však vôbec nespočíva len v jej výkone, podporuje aj duchovnú tvorbu: človek si pri nej oddýchne, zregeneruje svoje telesné a duševné sily: telo, nohy nás nesú ako samotný nosič, zatiaľ čo mysľou sme už možno kdesi inde. Telo vedie dialóg s mysľou v režime oslobodenom od starostí a stresu z práce a domácich malicherností; dodáva nám odvahu vykročiť tým správnym smerom, nech je to hocikedy.
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