How does the simple act of running make us human? As a form of enskilled movement that shapes how we perceive our surroundings, running enacts a mindful bodily engagement with the world, an engagement that generates our very minds through perceptual learning. Thomas F. Carter examines the interrelated aspects of a runner's being-mind, body, and environs-to illustrate that the skillful act of locomotion is one of principle ways that we as human beings become integral parts of the larger world. Synthesizing recent developments in neuroscience, anthropology, and philosophy of mind, On Running proves there is more to running than merely clocking up the miles.
- ISBN13 9783319748436
- Publish Date 25 April 2018
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CH
- Imprint Birkhauser Verlag AG
- Edition 1st ed. 2018
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 91
- Language English