Frederic Gros

This “passionate affirmation of the simple life, and joy in simple things” explores how walking influenced history’s greatest thinkers—from Henry David Thoreau and Jack Kerouac to Gandhi and Nietzsche (Observer). Meer

Exploring the philosophy of disobedience

The world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent question for everyone. Meer

An original reflection on shame as the central feeling of our age — the expression of an anger that is the necessary condition for new struggles

Can shame become a source of political strength? Meer

The idea of security—from ancient Greece to the War on Terror

In The Security Principle, French philosopher Frédéric Gros takes a historical approach to the concept of security, looking at its evolution from the Stoics to the social network. Meer