How long does it take to read Ego, Hunger, and Aggression?
Ego, Hunger, and Aggression by Frederick S. Perls takes about 5 hours to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours
A weekend read
First published 1945. 273 pages, about 75,075 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 8 minutes |
The page count is the median across 7 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Essential reading for any serious student of Gestalt therapy, Frederick (Fritz) Perls's first book (originally published in South Africa in 1942) contains the seeds of Gestalt therapy's theoretical foundations and introduces such concepts as the "hunger instinct" and "oral aggression" and "oral resistance."
Subjects: Ego (Psychology), Gestalt therapy, Pathological Psychology, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Gestalttherapie
