How Long to Read Enrichment

How Long Does it Take to Read Enrichment?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 41 minutes to read Enrichment by Luc Boltanski

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

Description

This book offers a major new account of modern capitalism and of the ways in which value and wealth are created today. Boltanski and Esquerre argue that capitalism in the West has recently undergone a fundamental transformation characterized by de-industrialization, on the one hand, and, on the other, by the increased exploitation of certain resources that, while not entirely new, have taken on unprecedented importance. It is this new form of exploitation that has given rise to what they call the ‘enrichment economy’. The enrichment economy is based less on the production of new objects and more on the enrichment of things and places that already exist. It has grown out of a combination of many different activities and phenomena, all of which involve, in their varying ways, the exploitation of the past. The enrichment economy draws upon the trade in things that are intended above all for the wealthy, thus providing a supplementary source of enrichment for the wealthy people who deal in these things and exacerbating income inequality. As opportunities to profit from the exploitation of industrial labour began to diminish, capitalism shifted its focus to expand the range of things that could be exploited. This gave rise to a plurality of different forms for making things valuable – valuing objects in terms of their properties is only one such form. The form that plays a central role in the enrichment economy is what the authors call the ‘collection form’, which values objects based on the gap they fill in a collection. This valuation process relies on the creation of narratives which enrich commodities. This wide-ranging and highly original work makes a major contribution to our understanding of contemporary societies and of how capitalism is changing today. It will be of great value to students and scholars in sociology, political economy and cultural studies, as well as to anyone interested in the social and economic transformations shaping our world.

How long is Enrichment?

Enrichment by Luc Boltanski is 507 pages long, and a total of 130,299 words.

This makes it 171% the length of the average book. It also has 159% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Enrichment Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 52 minutes to read Enrichment aloud.

What Reading Level is Enrichment?

Enrichment is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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