On Running and Becoming Human: An Anthropological Perspective

by Thomas F. Carter

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319748432
• ISBN13: 9783319748436
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 91 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"