How Long to Read Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom

How Long Does it Take to Read Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 51 minutes to read Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom by George Legg

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

Description

This book provides a new interpretation of the Northern Irish Troubles. From internment to urban planning, the hunger strikes to post-conflict tourism, it asserts that concepts of capitalism have been consistently deployed to alleviate and exacerbate violence in the North. Through a detailed analysis of the diverse cultural texts, Legg traces the affective energies produced by capitalism’s persistent attempt to resolve Northern Ireland’s ethnic-national divisions: a process he calls the politics of boredom. Such an approach warrants a reconceptualization of boredom as much as cultural production. In close readings of Derek Mahon’s poetry, the photography of Willie Doherty and the female experience of incarceration, Legg argues that cultural texts can delineate a more democratic – less philosophical – conception of ennui. Critics of the Northern Irish Peace Process have begun to apprehend some of these tensions. But an analysis of the post-conflict condition cannot account for capitalism’s protracted and enervating impact in Northern Ireland. Consequently, Legg returns to the origins of the Troubles and uses influential theories of capital accumulation to examine how a politicised sense of boredom persists throughout, and after, the years of conflict. Like Left critique, Legg’s attention to the politics of boredom interrogates the depleted sense of humanity capitalism can create. What Legg’s approach proposes is as unsettling as it is radically new. By attending to Northern Ireland’s long-standing experience of ennui, this book ultimately isolates boredom as a source of optimism as well as a means of oppression.

How long is Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom?

Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom by George Legg is 339 pages long, and a total of 87,801 words.

This makes it 114% the length of the average book. It also has 107% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 59 minutes to read Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom aloud.

What Reading Level is Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom?

Northern Ireland and the politics of boredom is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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