Running & philosophy
Subtitle: a marathon for the mind
By: edited by Michael W. Austin
Contributors: Austin, Michael W
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Malden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9781405171205; 9781405167970
Subjects: Running -- Philosophy; Runners (Sports) -- Psychology; Runners (Sports) -- Conduct of life
Other titles: Running and philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Long-distance running and the will to power / Raymond Angelo Belliotti; title: Chasing happiness together : running and Aristotle's philosophy of friendship / Michael W. Austin; title: Running with the seven Cs of success / Gregory Bassham; title: The phenomenology of becoming a runner / J. Jeremy Wisnewski; title: In praise of the jogger / Raymond J. VanArragon; title: Running religiously / Jeffrey P. Fry; title: Hash runners and hellenistic philosophers / Richard DeWitt; title: What motivates an early morning runner? / Kevin Kinghorn; title: A runner's pain / Chris Kelly; title: Performance-enhancement and the pursuit of excellence / William P. Kabasenche; title: The freedom of the long-distance runner / Heather L. Reid; title: Existential running / Ross C. Reed; title: Can we experience significance on a treadmill? / Douglas R. Hochstetler; title: Running in place or running in its proper place / J.P. Moreland; title: The running life : getting in touch with your inner hunter-gatherer / Sharon Kaye; title: John Dewey and the beautiful stride : running as aesthetic experience / Christopher Martin; title: "Where the dark feelings hold sway" : running to music / Martha C. Nussbaum; title: The power of passion on Heartbreak Hill / Michelle Maiese; title: The soul of the runner / Charles Taliaferro and Rachel Traughber