The Phenomenology and the Philosophy of Running [electronic resource] : The Multiple Dimensions of Long-Distance Running / by Tapio Koski.

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 "they", authentic being and inauthentic being -- 5.2: The authenticity and inauthenticity of running -- 5.3: Running as "care" -- 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.