Climbing philosophy for everyone [[electronic resource] ] : because it's there / / edited by Stephen E. Schmid

• Pubblicazione: Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Disciplina: 175; 796.52201
• Soggetto topico: Free will and determinism; Liberty; Risk-taking (Psychology); Mountaineering
• Altri autori: SchmidStephen E
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CLIMBING PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE; CONTENTS; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Philosophizing Into the Void: An Introduction to Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone; PART I TYING IN: Why Risk Climbing; 1 Climbing and the Stoic Conception of Freedom; 2 Risk and Reward: Is Climbing Worth It?; 3 Why Climb?; 4 Jokers on the Mountain: In Defense of Gratuitous Risk; PART II QUEST FOR THE SUMMIT: Cultivating the Climber; 5 High Aspirations: Climbing and Self-Cultivation; 6 More than Meets the "I": Values of Dangerous Sport; 7 Mountaineering and the Value of Self-Sufficiency ; 8 It Ain't Fast Food: An Authentic Climbing Experience9 Zen and the Art of Climbing; PART III CUTTING THE ROPE: Climbing Ethics; 10 Freedom and Individualism on the Rocks; 11 Hold Manufacturing: Why You May Be Wrong About What's Right; 12 The Ethics of Free Soloing; 13 Making Mountains Out of Heaps: Environmental Protection One Stone at a Time; PART IV MIXED CLIMBING: Philosophy on Varied Terrain; 14 From Route Finding to Redpointing: Climbing Culture as a Gift Economy; 15 Are You Experienced? What You Don't Know About Your Climbing Experience; 16 What Is a Climbing Grade Anyway? ; 17 The Beauty of a ClimbClimbing Glossary; Notes on Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: Climbing - Philosophy for Everyone presents a collection of intellectually stimulating new essays that address the philosophical issues relating to risk, ethics, and other aspects of climbing that are of interest to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers. Represents the first collection of essays to exclusively address the many philosophical aspects of climbing Includes essays that challenge commonly accepted views of climbing and climbing ethics Written accessibly, this book will appeal to everyone from novice climbers to seasoned mountaineers
• Titolo autorizzato: Climbing philosophy for everyone
• ISBN: 1-4443-4146-4; 1-282-72927-6; 9786612729270; 1-4443-2771-2; 1-4443-2772-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830796303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Philosophy for everyone.