The phenomenology and the philosophy of running the multiple dimensions of long-distance running /
This book describes and analyzes the levels of experience that long-distance running produces. It looks at the kinds of experiences caused by long-distance running, the dimensions contained in these experiences, and their effects on the subjective life-world and well-being of an individual. Taking a...
| Uniform Title: | Juoksemisen filosofia. English |
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| Main Author: | Koski, Tapio, |
| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online Service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Finnish |
| Published: |
Cham :
Springer,
2015.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1: Running as phenomenal and bodily inquiry of the self.- 2: The philosophical basis of running
- 2.1: The groundwork of Maurice Merleau-Ponty's philosophy
- 2.2: Merleau-Ponty's philosophy of the body
- 2.3: Martin Heidegger's fundamental ontological philosophy
- 3: Long-distance running as the subject of study
- 4: Running as a way of life
- 5: Viewpoints to a long-distance runner
- 5.1: The 2they3, authentic being and inauthentic being
- 5.2: The authenticity and inauthenticity of running
- 5.3: Running as 2care3
- 5.4: The prerequisites of physical exercise
- 5.5: The uncovering and the covering of the world for a runner
- 5.6: The distant is far and near
- 5.7: Repetition
- 5.8: Running, false devotion, fanaticism and dependence
- 5.9: Ready-to-hand and present-at-hand as the dimensions of human relation with the world
- 5.10: The world as present
- 6: The world is running
- 6.1: Running experiences
- 6.2: The Buddhist marathon monks of Mount Hiei
- 7: Experiential cores
- 7.1: Disappearance of the contradiction between the subject and object
- 7.2: Calming down of the mind, quietness
- 7.3: Attunement
- 7.4: Presence
- 7.5: Power
- 7.6: Joy
- 7.7: Devotion, gratitude
- 7.8: True self, enlightenment, Absolute
- 8: Going beyond the reason and the wisdom of the body
- 8.1: Running as meditative thinking
- 8.2: The call of conscience
- 8.3: Active-passive process
- Conclusion
- Literature.