How Long to Read Effacing the Self

How Long Does it Take to Read Effacing the Self?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 2 minutes to read Effacing the Self by Marc De Kesel

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

Description

In spirituality and mysticism, many seek a counterbalance to the strong emphasis on the self that modernity demands of us: We desire a fixed self on the one hand and are fascinated by selflessness on the other. But is our fascination with selflessness not a ruse to make that self of ours even stronger? And is that self-critical question not the kernel of even traditional mysticism? Marc De Kesel investigates some dark rooms of the mystical tradition to clarify this. This is a book for all who want to free themselves from the conceptual frameworks and rigid dogmas of late-modern religiosity. The first part of the volume deals directly with early modern Christian mysticism, and more specifically with the French spiritualité and discussions centered around the problem of what it means to love God in a pure, radically unselfish way. The second part explores the paradoxical dialectics between self and selflessness in relation to the way Christian religion deals with its own identity. If Christian love is selfless, why has Christianity in the end not given up its own self, its own identity? The third and last part of the volume discusses the dialectics between self and selflessness in three other domains: popular spirituality, politics, and modern science. It makes clear that "selflessness" is not limited to mysticism but is both a fascination and a problem/paradox for modernity in many fields.

How long is Effacing the Self?

Effacing the Self by Marc De Kesel is 355 pages long, and a total of 90,525 words.

This makes it 120% the length of the average book. It also has 111% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Effacing the Self Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 14 minutes to read Effacing the Self aloud.

What Reading Level is Effacing the Self?

Effacing the Self is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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