{"product_id":"theory-of-the-solitary-sailor-9781913029968","title":"Theory of the Solitary Sailor","description":"\u003cb\u003eGrelet's solitary sailor is a radical theoretical figure, herald angel of an existential rebellion against the world and against philosophy's world-thought.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver 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 \u003ci\u003eTh or me\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 ongoing campaign of anti-philosophy. Like Fran ois Laruelle's ordinary man or Rousseau's solitary walker, Grelet's solitary sailor is a radical theoretical figure, herald angel of an existential rebellion against the world and against philosophy's world-thought, point zero of an anti-philosophy as rigorous gnosis, and apprentice in the \u003ci\u003eherethics\u003c\/i\u003e of navigation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than a set of scattered reflections, less than a system of thought, \u003ci\u003eTheory of the Solitary Sailor\u003c\/i\u003e is a gnostic device. It answers the supposed necessity of realizing the world-thought that is philosophy (or whatever takes its place) with a steadfast and melancholeric refusal. As indifferently serene and implacably violent as the ocean itself, devastating for the sufficiency of the world and the reign of semblance, this is a lived anti-philosophy, a perpetual assault waged from the waters off the coast of Brittany, amid sea and wind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Urbanomic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913029968\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Gilles Grelet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41635496460469,"sku":"9781913029968","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_14b9cfa3-24d6-4d37-a36c-5482ca6ff6d6.jpg?v=1645501840","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/theory-of-the-solitary-sailor-9781913029968","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}