How Long to Read The New World of the Gothic Fox

How Long Does it Take to Read The New World of the Gothic Fox?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 44 minutes to read The New World of the Gothic Fox by Claudio Veliz

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

Description

Claudio Véliz adopts the provocative metaphor of foxes and hedgehogs that Isaiah Berlin used to describe opposite types of thinkers. Applying this metaphor to modern culture, economic systems, and the history of the New World, Véliz provides an original and lively approach to understanding the development of English and Spanish America over the past 500 years. According to Véliz, the dominant cultural achievements of Europe's English- and Spanish-speaking peoples have been the Industrial Revolution and the Counter-Reformation, respectively. These overwhelming cultural constructions have strongly influenced the subsequent historical developments of their great cultural outposts in North and South America. The British brought to the New World a stubborn ability to thrive on diversity and change that was entirely consistent with their vernacular Gothic style. The Iberians, by contrast, brought a cultural tradition shaped like a vast baroque dome, a monument to their successful attempt to arrest the changes that threatened their imperial moment. Véliz writes with erudition and wit, using a multitude of sources—historians and classical sociologists, Greek philosophers, today's newspaper sports pages, and modern literature—to support a novel explanation of the prosperity and expanding cultural influence of the gothic fox and the economic and cultural decline endured by the baroque hedgehog.

How long is The New World of the Gothic Fox?

The New World of the Gothic Fox by Claudio Veliz is 282 pages long, and a total of 71,064 words.

This makes it 95% the length of the average book. It also has 87% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The New World of the Gothic Fox Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 28 minutes to read The New World of the Gothic Fox aloud.

What Reading Level is The New World of the Gothic Fox?

The New World of the Gothic Fox 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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