How long does it take to read Upheavals of Thought?
Upheavals of Thought by Martha C. Nussbaum takes about 14 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 14 hours 3 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2001. 766 pages, about 210,650 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 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 14 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 8 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 2 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Emotions shape the landscape of our mental and social lives. Like geological upheavals in a landscape, they mark our lives as uneven, uncertain and prone to reversal. Are they simply, as some have claimed, animal energies or impulses with no connection to our thoughts? Or are they rather suffused with intelligence and discernment, and thus a source of deep awareness and understanding? In this compelling book, Martha C. Nussbaum presents a powerful argument for treating emotions not as alien forces but as highly discriminating responses to what is of value and importance. She explores and illuminates the structure of a wide range of emotions, in particular compassion and love, showing that there can be no adequate ethical theory without an adequate theory of the emotions. This involves understanding their cultural sources, their history in infancy and childhood, and their sometimes unpredictable and disorderly operations in our daily lives.
Subjects: Emotions (philosophy), Emotions and cognition, Emotions--moral and ethical aspects, Emotions--sociological aspects, Emotions, Ethics
