On Running and Becoming Human - An Anthropological Perspective

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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. 

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas F Carter, Thomas F. Carter
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2018
• EAN: 9783319748436
• ISBN: 978-3-31-974843-6
• No. of pages: 91
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 219 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 235 g
• Illustrations: IX, 91 p. 22 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; C, Soziologie: Sport und Freizeit, Anthropology, Ethnology, Social Sciences, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology: sport & leisure, Ethnography, Social Anthropology, Sport Sociology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Sports—Sociological aspects, Sociocultural Anthropology, Physical anthropology, Physical-Biological Anthropology, Biological and Physical Anthropology