How Long to Read The Future of Illusion

How Long Does it Take to Read The Future of Illusion?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read The Future of Illusion by Victoria Kahn

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

Description

In recent years, the rise of fundamentalism and a related turn to religion in the humanities have led to a powerful resurgence of interest in the problem of political theology. In a critique of this contemporary fascination with the theological underpinnings of modern politics, Victoria Kahn proposes a return to secularism—whose origins she locates in the art, literature, and political theory of the early modern period—and argues in defense of literature and art as a force for secular liberal culture. Kahn draws on theorists such as Carl Schmitt, Leo Strauss, Walter Benjamin, and Hannah Arendt and their readings of Shakespeare, Hobbes, Machiavelli, and Spinoza to illustrate that the dialogue between these modern and early modern figures can help us rethink the contemporary problem of political theology. Twentieth-century critics, she shows, saw the early modern period as a break from the older form of political theology that entailed the theological legitimization of the state. Rather, the period signaled a new emphasis on a secular notion of human agency and a new preoccupation with the ways art and fiction intersected the terrain of religion.

How long is The Future of Illusion?

The Future of Illusion by Victoria Kahn is 261 pages long, and a total of 65,511 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Future of Illusion Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 57 minutes to read The Future of Illusion aloud.

What Reading Level is The Future of Illusion?

The Future of Illusion 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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