How Long to Read Religion and Cultural Memory

How Long Does it Take to Read Religion and Cultural Memory?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Religion and Cultural Memory by Jan Assmann

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

Description

In ten brilliant essays, Jan Assmann explores the connections between religion, culture, and memory. Building on Maurice Halbwachs's idea that memory, like language, is a social phenomenon as well as an individual one, he argues that memory has a cultural dimension too. He develops a persuasive view of the life of the past in such surface phenomena as codes, religious rites and festivals, and canonical texts on the one hand, and in the Freudian psychodrama of repressing and resurrecting the past on the other. Whereas the current fad for oral history inevitably focuses on the actual memories...

How long is Religion and Cultural Memory?

Religion and Cultural Memory by Jan Assmann is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Religion and Cultural Memory Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Religion and Cultural Memory aloud.

What Reading Level is Religion and Cultural Memory?

Religion and Cultural Memory 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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