How Long to Read The Practical Past

How Long Does it Take to Read The Practical Past?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 17 minutes to read The Practical Past by Hayden White

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

Description

Hayden White borrows the title for The Practical Past from philosopher Michael Oakeshott, who used the term to describe the accessible material and literary-artistic artifacts that individuals and institutions draw on for guidance in quotidian affairs. The Practical Past, then, forms both a summa of White’s work to be drawn upon and a new direction in his thinking about the writing of history. White’s monumental Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973) challenged many of the commonplaces of professional historical writing and wider assumptions about the ontology of history itself. It formed the basis of his argument that we can never recover “what actually happened”in the past and cannot really access even material culture in context. Forty years on, White sees “professional history" as falling prey to narrow specialization, and he calls upon historians to take seriously the practical past of explicitly “artistic” works, such as novels and dramas, and literary theorists likewise to engage historians.

How long is The Practical Past?

The Practical Past by Hayden White is 135 pages long, and a total of 34,425 words.

This makes it 46% the length of the average book. It also has 42% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Practical Past Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 8 minutes to read The Practical Past aloud.

What Reading Level is The Practical Past?

The Practical Past is suitable for students ages 10 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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