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How long does it take to read Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism?

Fredric Jameson

Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric Jameson takes about 8 hours 2 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 8 hours 2 minutes

A week or two of reading

First published 1990. 438 pages, about 120,450 words.

17 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 13 hours 23 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 8 hours 2 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 5 hours 1 minute

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

This wide-ranging work seeks to crystallize a definition of postmodernism. The author looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from high art to low; from market ideology to architecture, from painting to punk; film, from video art to literature.

Subjects: Modern Civilization, Postmodernism, Postmodernism (Literature), Spätkapitalismus, Postmodernisme (Littérature), Postmoderne

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