How long does it take to read The Hermeneutics of the Subject?
The Hermeneutics of the Subject by Michel Foucault takes about 11 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Foucault's lectures at the Collège de France
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About 11 hours 9 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2005. 608 pages, about 167,200 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 18 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Self (Philosophy), History, Ancient Philosophy
