How Long to Read Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness

How Long Does it Take to Read Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 34 minutes to read Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness by Alison Scott-Baumann

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Description

Ricœur lectured and wrote for over twenty years on negation ('Do I understand something better if I know what it is not, and what is not-ness?') and never published his extensive writings on this subject. Ricœur concluded that there are multiple forms of negation; it can, for example, be the other person (Plato), the not knowable nature of our world (Kant), the included opposite (Hegel), apophatic spirituality (Plotinus on not being able to know God) and existential nothingness (Sartre). Ricœur, working on Kant, Hegel and Sartre, decided that all these forms of negation are incompatible and also fatally flawed because they fail to resolve false binaries of negative: positive. Alison Scott-Baumann demonstrates how Ricœur subsequently incorporated negation into his linguistic turn, using dialectics, metaphor, narrative, parable and translation in order to show how negation is in us, not outside us: language both creates and clarifies false binaries. He bestows upon negation a strong and central role in the human condition, and its inevitability is reflected in his writings, if we look carefully. Ricœur and the Negation of Happiness draws on Ricœur's published works, previously unavailable archival material and many other sources. Alison Scott-Baumann argues that thinking positively is necessary but not sufficient for aspiring to happiness - what is also required is affirmation of negative impulses: we know we are split by contradictions and still try to overcome them. She also demonstrates the urgency of analysing current socio-cultural debates about wellbeing, education and equality, which rest insecurely upon our loose use of the negative as a category mistake.

How long is Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness?

Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness by Alison Scott-Baumann is 208 pages long, and a total of 53,664 words.

This makes it 70% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 53 minutes to read Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness aloud.

What Reading Level is Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness?

Ricoeur and the Negation of Happiness is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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