How long does it take to read The Theory of Communicative Action?
The Theory of Communicative Action by Jürgen Habermas takes about 10 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1981. 556 pages, about 152,900 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Philosophy, Social action, Communication, Rationalism, Sociology, Functionalism