Theory of the Solitary Sailor
$31.59
- Paperback
128 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2022
Summary
Grelet’s solitary sailor is a radical theoretical figure, herald angel of an existential rebellion against the world and against philosophy’s world-thought.
Over a decade ago, Gilles Grelet left the city to live permanently on the sea, in silence and solitude, with no plans to return to land, rarely leaving his boat Theor me. An act of radical refusal, a process of undoing one by one the ties that attach humans to the world, for Grelet this departure was also inseparable from an ongoi…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913029968 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913029964 |
| Author: | Gilles Grelet |
| Publisher: | Urbanomic Media Ltd |
| Imprint: | Urbanomic Media Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 128 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 114mm x 178mm |
| Series: | Urbanomic / Mono |
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Critics Review
“Imagine a system manual, with cryptic, occasionally humorous pronouncements among severe maxims about the life of the mind on a boat, and you have an idea of this book. What does it really mean for the mind to be at sea? How does sailing work as a genuine practice of thought […] not simply a metaphor or analogy for thought?”
—Ben Carver, European Review of Books
Gilles Grelet
Formerly a skipper and trainer of sailing instructors in the Glenan Islands, Gilles Grelet has lived aboard his boat since 2010. He is the author of:
- Declarer la gnose: D’une guerre qui revient la culture
- Le theorisme, methode de salut public
- Citations pour le president Sarkozy (with Juan Perez Agirregoikoa)
He is also the editor of the collection Theorie-rebellion: Un ultimatum.
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