{"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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormerly a skipper and trainer of sailing instructors in the Glénan Islands, Gilles Grelet has lived aboard his boat since 2010. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDéclarer la gnose: D'une guerre qui revient à la culture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLe théorisme, méthode de salut public\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCitations pour le président Sarkozy\u003c\/i\u003e (with Juan Pérez Agirregoikoa), and editor of the collection \u003ci\u003eThéorie-rébellion: Un ultimatum\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Urbanomic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50482906202386,"sku":"9781913029968","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff71d6db-39ee-4514-b9ba-d68360e32b49.jpg?v=1730351783","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/theory-of-the-solitary-sailor-9781913029968","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}