How Long to Read Imagination: A Very Short Introduction

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagination: A Very Short Introduction?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 51 minutes to read Imagination: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei

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

Description

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Imagination: A Very Short Introduction explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing, demonstrating how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes humanity in profound ways. Examining philosophical, evolutionary, and literary perspectives on imagination, the author shows how this facility, while potentially distorting, both frees us from immediate reality and enriches our sense of it, making possible our experience of a meaningful world. Long regarded by philosophers as an elusive and mysterious capacity of the human mind, imagination has been the subject of extraordinary ambivalence, described as both dangerous and divine, as merely peripheral to rationality and as essential to all thinking. Drawing on philosophy, aesthetics, literary and cognitive theory as well as the human sciences, this book engages the dramatic conceptual history of imagination together with contemporary explanations of its role in cognition to explain its importance in everyday life as well as the exquisite creativity of the arts, scientific discovery, and invention. Engaging examples from cave paintings to modern painting, performance art to pop art, physics to phenomenology, technological inventions to literary worlds, the Nazca geoglyphs to dramatic theatre, poetry, and jazz improvisation, the author illuminates with clarity and vision the philosophy of imagination and the stakes of its involvement in human thinking. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

How long is Imagination: A Very Short Introduction?

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei is 167 pages long, and a total of 42,919 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagination: A Very Short Introduction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 54 minutes to read Imagination: A Very Short Introduction aloud.

What Reading Level is Imagination: A Very Short Introduction?

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Imagination: A Very Short Introduction?

Imagination: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei is sold by several retailers and bookshops. However, Read Time works with Amazon to provide an easier way to purchase books.

To buy Imagination: A Very Short Introduction by Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei on Amazon click the button below.