It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Acoustical Unconscious by Robert Ryder
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Is there an acoustical equivalent to Walter Benjamin’s idea of the optical unconscious? In the 1930s, Benjamin was interested in how visual media expand our optical perception: the invention of the camera allowed us to see images and details that we could not consciously perceive before. This study argues that Benjamin was also concerned with how acoustical media allow us to “hear otherwise,” that is, to listen to sound structures previously lost to the naked ear. Crucially, they help sensitize us to the discursive sonority of words, which Benjamin was already alluding to in his...
The Acoustical Unconscious by Robert Ryder is 275 pages long, and a total of 70,125 words.
This makes it 93% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 23 minutes to read The Acoustical Unconscious aloud.
The Acoustical Unconscious is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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