How Long to Read Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing

How Long Does it Take to Read Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing by Andrew Billing

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Description

Our tendency to read French Enlightenment political writing from a narrow disciplinary perspective has obscured the hybrid character of political philosophy, rhetoric, and natural science in the period. As Michèle Duchet and others have shown, French Enlightenment thinkers developed a philosophical anthropology to support new political norms and models. This book explores how five important eighteenth-century French political authors—Rousseau, Diderot, La Mettrie, Quesnay, and Rétif de La Bretonne—also constructed a "political zoology" in their philosophical and literary writings informed by animal references drawn from Enlightenment natural history, science, and physiology. Drawing on theoretical work by Derrida, Latour, de Fontenay, and others, it shows how these five authors signed on to the old rhetorical tradition of animal comparisons in political philosophy, which they renewed via the findings and speculations of contemporary science. Engaging with recent scholarship on Enlightenment political thought, it also explores the links between their political zoologies and their family resemblance as "liberal" political thinkers.

How long is Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing?

Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing by Andrew Billing is 273 pages long, and a total of 69,069 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing aloud.

What Reading Level is Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing?

Animal Rhetoric and Natural Science in Eighteenth-Century Liberal Political Writing is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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