How Long to Read Pain: A Very Short Introduction

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

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Pain: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Boddice

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

Description

What is pain? Has the experience of pain always been the same? How is pain related to the emotions, to culture, and to pleasure? What happens to us when we feel pain? How does pain work in the body and in the brain? In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Boddice explores the history, culture, and medical science of pain. Charting the shifting meanings of pain across time and place, he focusses on how the experience and treatment of pain have changed. He describes historical hierarchies of pain experience that related pain to social class and race, and the privileging of human states of pain over that of other animals. From the pain concepts of classical antiquity to expressions of pain in contemporary art, and modern medical approaches to the understanding, treatment, and management of pain, Boddice weaves a multifaceted account of this central human experience. Ranging from neuroscientific innovations in experimental medicine to the constructionist arguments of social scientists, pain is shown to resist a timeless definition. Pain is physical and emotional, of body and mind, and is always experienced subjectively and contextually. 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 Pain: A Very Short Introduction?

Pain: A Very Short Introduction by Rob Boddice is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

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

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Pain: A Very Short Introduction aloud.

What Reading Level is Pain: A Very Short Introduction?

Pain: 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.

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