How Long to Read In Search of Civilization

How Long Does it Take to Read In Search of Civilization?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read In Search of Civilization by John Armstrong

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

Description

"A self-effacing, humane and unparanoid call to change our wealthy yet often barbaric world for the better." * In this provocative cri de coeur, the philosopher John Armstrong rescues the idea of civilization from irrelevance and connects it to our search for individual happiness. "Civilization" once referred to a society's technological prowess, its political development, or its cultural achievement. In the modern era, however, the word became burdened by the legacy of colonialism and connotations of elitism. For it to have value once again, according to Armstrong, we must understand that a society balances material prosperity with spiritual prosperity if it is to merit the term "civilized"—and currently we are impoverished. In Search of Civilization is his corrective. As he roams from anecdote to aesthetic appreciation—from the banality of an early job at an insurance company to the redemptive wonders of a seventeenth-century church spire visible out an office window, from Adam Smith's philosophy to the Japanese tea ceremony—Armstrong reminds us that culture lies within us and that its nourishment is essential to a flourishing society.

How long is In Search of Civilization?

In Search of Civilization by John Armstrong is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read In Search of Civilization Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read In Search of Civilization aloud.

What Reading Level is In Search of Civilization?

In Search of Civilization is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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