How Long to Read Notes Towards the Definition of Culture

How Long Does it Take to Read Notes Towards the Definition of Culture?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 14 minutes to read Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T. S. Eliot

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

Description

This critique of modern society argues that culture must be organic, and cannot be planned or imposed. The word culture has been widely and erroneously employed in political, educational, and journalistic contexts. In helping to define a word so greatly misused, T. S. Eliot contradicts many of our popular assumptions about culture, reminding us that it is not the possession of any one class but of a whole society—and yet its preservation may depend on the continuance of a class system, and that a “classless” society may be a society in which culture has ceased to exist. Surveying the post–World War II world, Eliot finds evidence of decay in cultural standards in every department of human activity, and expects the phenomenon to continue. He suggests that culture and religion have a common root—and if one decays, the other may die too. In observing the superpowers of his day and the course of recent history, he reminds us that “the Russians have been the first modern people to practise the political direction of culture consciously, and to attack at every point the culture of any people whom they wish to dominate.” The appendix includes Eliot’s broadcasts to Europe, ending with a plea to preserve the legacy of Greece, Rome, and Israel, and Europe’s legacy throughout the last two thousand years. “Behind the urbanity, the modesty, the mere good manners of Mr. Eliot’s exposition, one cannot mistake the force and significance of what he has to say, or ignore that it constitutes a fundamental attack on most of our assumptions on the subject.” —The Spectator

How long is Notes Towards the Definition of Culture?

Notes Towards the Definition of Culture by T. S. Eliot is 133 pages long, and a total of 33,649 words.

This makes it 45% the length of the average book. It also has 41% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Notes Towards the Definition of Culture Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Notes Towards the Definition of Culture aloud.

What Reading Level is Notes Towards the Definition of Culture?

Notes Towards the Definition of Culture 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.

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