How Long to Read The Direction of Desire

How Long Does it Take to Read The Direction of Desire?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 33 minutes to read The Direction of Desire by Mark Gerard Murphy

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

Description

This book examines Lacanian psychoanalysis and Christian mystical theology demonstrating the former’s potential for reinvigorating spiritual direction. The author outlines how current methods of spiritual direction become saturated with self-help psycho-pop methodologies, and that desire has therefore been foreclosed in these practices. He suggests that the root of this is a focus on ‘positive affective experientialism’, which means spiritual direction must focus on emotional wholeness, healing and positivity. Finally, he argues that a new dialogue between John of the Cross (a mystic whose writings on spiritual direction formulate part of the core of the Catholic spiritual tradition) and Jacques Lacan can open the way for a spiritual direction beyond the confines of experientialism. The book concludes that we can only escape the experiential commodification of spiritual direction by critiquing the drive to experience in and of itself. This novel work will appeal in particular to students and scholars of psychoanalysis, religion, philosophy and critical theory.

How long is The Direction of Desire?

The Direction of Desire by Mark Gerard Murphy is 326 pages long, and a total of 83,456 words.

This makes it 110% the length of the average book. It also has 102% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Direction of Desire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 36 minutes to read The Direction of Desire aloud.

What Reading Level is The Direction of Desire?

The Direction of Desire 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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