How Long to Read The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth

How Long Does it Take to Read The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth by Jeremy Northcote

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

Description

This book is based on the author's ten-year research into the politics of belief surrounding paranormal ideas. Through a detailed examination of the participants, issues, strategies and underlying factors that constitute the contemporary paranormal debate, the book explores the struggle surrounding the status of paranormal phenomena. It examines, on the one hand, how the principal arbiters of religious and scientific truths - the Church and the academic establishment - reject paranormal ideas as "occult" and "pseudo-scientific", and how, on the other hand, paranormal enthusiasts attempt to resist such labels and instead establish paranormal ideas as legitimate knowledge. The author contends that the paranormal debate is the outcome of wider discursive processes that are concerned with the construction and negotiation of truth in Western society generally. More specifically, the debate is seen as an aspect of the "boundary work" that defines the contours of religious and scientific orthodoxy. The book paves new ground in understanding the nature of belief relating to a topic that has long held fascination to academics and lay people alike – paranormal ideas. It develops a discursive framework for understanding a contemporary social phenomenon, hence placing the study at the cutting edge of ethnographic development that seeks to integrate discursive perspectives with empirical accounts of sociological phenomena. Most importantly, the study is intended to contribute to the debate surrounding communicative action, by outlining a discursive perspective on the negotiation of ideational differences that goes beyond the incommensurability theories that have dominated the sociology of communication and knowledge.

How long is The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth?

The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth by Jeremy Northcote is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth aloud.

What Reading Level is The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth?

The Paranormal and the Politics of Truth 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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