How Long to Read Behalf

How Long Does it Take to Read Behalf?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Behalf by Philip Nicholas Furbank

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In Behalf P. N. Furbank argues that in thinking about society and politics, one needs to start from the proposition that every human being contains within himself or herself the entire potentiality of the human species and that it is therefore wrong to regard cultural differences as innate. ø This conclusion, in turn, raises doubts about the concept of pluralism as propounded by political philosophers such as Isaiah Berlin. According to Berlin, societies incarnate sets of values that, while good in themselves, might be incommensurable or incompatible with those of other societies. As Furbank shows, however, the epithets ?incommensurable? and ?incompatible? fall to pieces under scrutiny. Furthermore, the tacit implication that pluralism is a political concept, rivaling democracy, appears to be an illusion. ø Furbank proceeds to consider the question of what it means to act ?on behalf? of others. He notes that the apparent strength of ?politics of the person??the ground of feminist, black, and gay politics, with its insistence that everyone should speak with his or her own distinctive voice, unmediated by representation or action on behalf of others?is its freedom from the taint of philanthropy. But he argues that this freedom comes at a high price, which is no less than that of involving the term ?politics? in self-contradiction. He concludes that there is seemingly no substitute for what one might call ?politics proper? and that this form of politics is by nature on behalf of someone or something not itself?a politics that is, incurably, philanthropic, and, being so, is exposed to all the snares and temptations with which philanthropy is plagued.

How long is Behalf?

Behalf by Philip Nicholas Furbank is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Behalf Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Behalf aloud.

What Reading Level is Behalf?

Behalf is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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