How Long to Read The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals

How Long Does it Take to Read The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals by Harry Redner

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Description

This fourth installment of Harry Redner’s tetralogy on the history of civilization argues that intellectuals have a brilliant past, a dubious present, and possibly no future. He contends that the philosophers of the seventeenth century laid the ground for the intellectuals of the eighteenth century, the Age of Enlightenment. They, in turn, promoted a fundamental transformation of human consciousness: they literally intellectualized the world. The outcome was the disenchantment of the world in all its cultural dimensions: in art, religion, ethics, politics, and philosophy. In this fascinating study, Redner demonstrates how secularization took the sting out of both the dread and promise of an afterlife and intellectuals learned to die without the hope of immortality popularized by philosophy and religion. Ultimately, they produced the ideologies that generated the totalitarian regimes of the twentieth century, which subsequently exterminated these intellectuals through mass murder on a scale never before experienced. The book traces the sources of this fatal entanglement and goes on to examine the contemporary condition of intellectuals in America and the world. Wherein lies the future of the intellectuals? Redner suggest that in the present state of globalization, dominated by technocrats, experts, and professionals, their fate remains uncertain.

How long is The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals?

The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals by Harry Redner is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals aloud.

What Reading Level is The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals?

The Triumph and Tragedy of the Intellectuals is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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