On Running and Becoming Human

An Anthropological Perspective

Thomas F. Carter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

IX, 91 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-09089-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Thomas F. Carter is Principal Lecturer in Anthropology and Sport at the Centre of Memory, Narrative, and History at the University of Brighton, UK. His research considers the varied ways in which sport exemplifies and reveals what it means to be human.

1. First Steps
2. A Runner's Mind
3. A Runner's Environs
4. A Runner's Body

Erscheinungsdatum	21.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	IX, 91 p. 22 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	148 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Anthropology of running • Anthropology of sports • Autoethnography • Mind, body, environment • neuro-anthropology • Phenomenology • Philosophy of mind • Socio-cultural anthropology • Sports studies
ISBN-10	3-030-09089-2 / 3030090892
ISBN-13	978-3-030-09089-0 / 9783030090890
Zustand	Neuware