How Long to Read Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self

How Long Does it Take to Read Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self by Ulrich Steinvorth

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

Description

In this book, Ulrich Steinvorth offers a fresh analysis and critique of rationality as a defining element in Western thinking. Steinvorth argues that Descartes' understanding of the self offers a more plausible and realistic alternative to the prevailing understanding of the self formed by the Lockean conception and utilitarianism. When freed from Cartesian dualism, such a conceptualization enables us to distinguish between self and subject. Moreover, it enables us to understand why individualism - one of the hallmarks of modernity in the West - became a universal ideal to be granted to every member of society; how acceptance of this notion could peak in the seventeenth century; and why it is now in decline, though not irreversibly so. Most importantly, the Cartesian concept of the self presents a way of saving modernity from the dangers that it now encounters.

How long is Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self?

Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self by Ulrich Steinvorth is 231 pages long, and a total of 57,981 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self aloud.

What Reading Level is Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self?

Rethinking the Western Understanding of the Self 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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