How Long to Read Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity

How Long Does it Take to Read Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity by Nancy S. Struever

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

Description

Since antiquity, philosophy and rhetoric have traditionally been cast as rivals, with the former often lauded as a search for logical truth and the latter usually disparaged as empty speech. But in this erudite intellectual history, Nancy S. Struever stakes out a claim for rhetoric as the more productive form of inquiry. Struever views rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric’s guiding interest in what is possible—as opposed to philosophy’s concern with what is necessary—makes it an ideal tool for understanding politics. Innovative readings of Hobbes and Vico allow her to reexamine rhetoric’s role in the history of modernity and to make fascinating connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. From there she turns to Walter Benjamin, reclaiming him as an exemplar of modernist rhetoric and a central figure in the long history of the form. Persuasive and perceptive, Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity is a novel rewriting of the history of rhetoric and a heady examination of the motives, issues, and flaws of contemporary inquiry.

How long is Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity?

Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity by Nancy S. Struever is 168 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity aloud.

What Reading Level is Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity?

Rhetoric, Modality, Modernity is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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