On Running and Becoming Human An Anthropological Perspective /

• Main Author: Carter, Thomas F. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Ethnography.; Ethnology.; Physical anthropology.; Sports-Sociological aspects.; Social Anthropology.; Biological and Physical Anthropology.; Sociology of Sport and Leisure.

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 interrelat...

Table of Contents:

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