Running With the Pack: Thoughts from the Road on Meaning and Mortality - Couverture souple

Rowlands, Mark

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605986437 ISBN 13 : 9781605986432

Editeur : Pegasus Books, 2014

Synopsis

Most of the serious thinking I have done over the past twenty years has been done while running.' Mark Rowlands has run for most of his life. He has also been a professional philosopher. And for him the two - running and philosophising - are inextricably connected. In Running with the Pack he tells us about the most significant runs of his life: from the entire day he spent running as a boy in Wales, to the runs along French beaches and up Irish mountains with his beloved wolf Brenin, and through Florida swamps more recently with his dog Nina. Woven throughout the book are profound meditations on mortality, middle age and the meaning of life. This is a highly original and moving book that will make the philosophically inclined want to run, and those who love running become intoxicated by philosophical ideas.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

"Rowlands is a lovely writer, funny and moving. His philosophical thinking is easy to understand ... If you're of an optimistic bent, hopeful that life will offer up moments of wonder and delight, then Rowlands is your kind my kind of philosopher." --Miranda Sawyer, Observer

"An outstanding work of sports writing that shows clearly why running is about many things, but mostly about freedom and fun and why so many of us are hooked on it. Running With the Pack is life-affirming and gets straight to the heart of why running is has such an important place in our lives as it perfectly captures the essence of what happens when we lace up a pair of trainers and close the door behind us. Not only does tell a story that will be familiar to anyone who runs - be it a jog around the park or much further - it is an ideal and necessary introduction for anyone taking on their first marathon and wants to know just what they are getting themselves into." --Robin Harvie

"Rowlands' provoking thoughts will certainly spur more exploration."-Financial Times

"A powerful read, which weaves in ponderings on everything from ageing to the meaning of life. I defy anyone to read this and not be inspired to lace up their trainers."-Top Santé

"A real treat. It s a dense and serious philosophical examination of why we run and the value of it."-Runner's World

"Rowlands is really strong on how running makes us think"-Metro

"Rowland s argues that running returns us to something we have lost as humans in our pursuit of goals, material or otherwise." --Independent

"An outstanding work of sports writing that shows clearly why running is about many things, but mostly about freedom and fun and why so many of us are hooked on it. Running With the Pack is life-affirming and gets straight to the heart of why running is has such an important place in our lives as it perfectly captures the essence of what happens when we lace up a pair of trainers and close the door behind us. Not only does tell a story that will be familiar to anyone who runs - be it a jog around the park or much further - it is an ideal and necessary introduction for anyone taking on their first marathon and wants to know just what they are getting themselves into." --Robin Harvie

"Rowlands' provoking thoughts will certainly spur more exploration."-Financial Times

"A powerful read, which weaves in ponderings on everything from ageing to the meaning of life. I defy anyone to read this and not be inspired to lace up their trainers."-Top Santé

"A real treat. It s a dense and serious philosophical examination of why we run and the value of it."-Runner's World

"Rowlands is really strong on how running makes us think"-Metro

"Rowland s argues that running returns us to something we have lost as humans in our pursuit of goals, material or otherwise." --Independent

'Exercise energises your thoughts, and reading this book is a bit like thinking while you run - about life, death, history... and running itself' --London Evening Standard

Biographie de l'auteur

MARK ROWLANDS was born in Newport, Wales. He is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami and the author of a dozen books, including the bestselling The Philosopher and the Wolf, also published by Granta. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. His website is www.markrowlandsauthor.com, and he blogs at www.secularphilosophy.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pegasus Books
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1605986437
• ISBN 13: 9781605986432
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 218
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible