Running Is Life

Bruce Fleming

doi:10.5771/9780761851769

Running Is Life

Transcending the Crisis of Modernity

1. Edition 2010

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doi.org/10.5771/9780761851769
ISBN print: 978-0-7618-5175-2
ISBN online: 978-0-7618-5176-9
Hamilton Books, Lanham Hamilton Books, Lanham

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Abstract

Running feels good. It also centers the runner in the world, solves the problems implied by the Cartesian split between body and soul, and establishes an active relationship between the self and others. Running takes the motion we are all born with (that is the essence of life) and with the individual providing the impetus, projects us into the world of others. When we run, we transcend ourselves and place ourselves in the world. Running is Life is set in many places—Cairo, the Eastern Sierras, Las Vegas, New York's Adirondack Mountains, and Barcelona, among others—but always in the moving body of the runner hurtling both through and into the world. Running is Life is both a hymn to human motion and an explanation of its sweetness.

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i–viii Preface i–viii
- Table of Content
- Introduction
1–4 Chapter 1: The Problem with Modernity 1–4
5–18 Chapter 2: Running is Life 5–18
19–36 Chapter 3: Running in the Adirondacks 19–36
37–66 Chapter 4: Running on the National Mall 37–66
67–78 Chapter 5: Running in Barcelona 67–78
79–102 Chapter 6: Running in the Eastern Sierras 79–102
103–112 Chapter 7: Running in Las Vegas 103–112
113–120 Chapter 8: Running in Death Valley 113–120
121–140 Chapter 9: The Abandoned Teddy Bear 121–140
141–142 Endnotes 141–142
143–148 Index 143–148
149–149 About the Author 149–149

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