How Long to Read The Problem of Distraction

How Long Does it Take to Read The Problem of Distraction?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Problem of Distraction by Paul North

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

Description

We live in an age of distraction. Contemporary analyses of culture, politics, techno-science, and psychology insist on this. They often suggest remedies for it, or ways to capitalize on it. Yet they almost never investigate the meaning and history of distraction itself. This book corrects this lack of attention. It inquires into the effects of distraction, defined not as the opposite of attention, but as truly discontinuous intellect. Human being has to be reconceived, according to this argument, not as quintessentially thought-bearing, but as subject to repeated, causeless blackouts of mind. The Problem of Distraction presents the first genealogy of the concept from Aristotle to the largely forgotten, early twentieth-century efforts by Kafka, Heidegger, and Benjamin to revolutionize the humanities by means of distraction. Further, the book makes the case that our present troubles cannot be solved by recovering or enhancing attention. Not-always-thinking beings are beset by radical breaks in their experience, but in this way they are also receptive to what has not and cannot yet be called experience.

How long is The Problem of Distraction?

The Problem of Distraction by Paul North is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Problem of Distraction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read The Problem of Distraction aloud.

What Reading Level is The Problem of Distraction?

The Problem of Distraction 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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