{"product_id":"theory-of-the-solitary-sailor-9781913029968","title":"Theory of the Solitary Sailor","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gilles Grelet\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Urbanomic\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Urbanomic\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Essays\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003eThéorème\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 François 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.","brand":"Urbanomic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45030311526551,"sku":"9781913029968","price":1573.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781913029968.webp?v=1769205497","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/theory-of-the-solitary-sailor-9781913029968","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}