How long does it take to read Demanding the Impossible?
A History of Anarchism
Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall takes about 14 hours 16 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 16 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1991. 778 pages, about 213,950 words.
29 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 23 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 16 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 55 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Navigating the broad "river of anarchy," from Taoism to Situationism, from Ranters to Punk rockers, from individualists to communists, from anarcho-syndicalists to anarcha-feminists, Demanding the Impossible is an authoritative and lively study of a widely misunderstood subject. It explores the key anarchist concepts of society and the state, freedom and equality, authority and power, and investigates the successes and failure of the anarchist movements throughout the world. While remaining sympathetic to anarchism, it presents a balanced and critical account. It covers not only the classic anarchist thinkers, such as Godwin, Proudhon, Bakunin, Kropotkin, Reclus and Emma Goldman, but also other libertarian figures, such as Nietzsche, Camus, Gandhi, Foucault and Chomsky. No other book on anarchism covers so much so incisively.
Subjects: Anarchists, Anarchism, History, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Ideologies, Anarchisme
