How Long to Read Re-enchanting Modernity

How Long Does it Take to Read Re-enchanting Modernity?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Re-enchanting Modernity by Mayfair Yang

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

Description

In Re-enchanting Modernity Mayfair Yang examines the resurgence of religious and ritual life after decades of enforced secularization in the coastal area of Wenzhou, China. Drawing on twenty-five years of ethnographic fieldwork, Yang shows how the local practices of popular religion, Daoism, and Buddhism are based in community-oriented grassroots organizations that create spaces for relative local autonomy and self-governance. Central to Wenzhou's religious civil society is what Yang calls a "ritual economy," in which an ethos of generosity is expressed through donations to temples, clerics, ritual events, and charities in exchange for spiritual gain. With these investments in transcendent realms, Yang adopts Georges Bataille's notion of "ritual expenditures" to challenge the idea that rural Wenzhou's economic development can be described in terms of Max Weber's notion of a "Protestant Ethic". Instead, Yang suggests that Wenzhou's ritual economy forges an alternate path to capitalist modernity.

How long is Re-enchanting Modernity?

Re-enchanting Modernity by Mayfair Yang is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Re-enchanting Modernity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Re-enchanting Modernity aloud.

What Reading Level is Re-enchanting Modernity?

Re-enchanting Modernity is suitable for students ages 12 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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