The works of Frédéric Gros examine everything from ethical resistance, to biosecurity, to why we walk. 

His latest work is 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.

“Frédéric Gros shows us how it is through embracing shame as a passionate engagement with the world that one escapes its melancholic and disfiguring effects.” –  Richard Seymour, author of Disaster Nationalism

Out Now: A Philosophy of Shame

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A Philosophy of Shame

by Frédéric Gros

Translated by Andrew James Bliss

Can shame become a source of political strength? Faced with injustice, growing inequality and systemic violence, we cry out in shame. We feel ashamed of obscene wealth amid wider deprivation. We fe...

A Philosophy of Walking

by Frédéric Gros

Translated by John Howe

By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no...

Disobey!

by Frédéric Gros

Translated by David Fernbach

The world is out of joint, so much so that disobeying should be an urgent act for everyone. In this provocative essay, Frédéric Gros explores the roots of political obedience, social conformity, ec...

The Security Principle

by Frédéric Gros

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. With lucidity a...