The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them AllGregory Bassham, Eric Bronson Can power be wielded for good, or must it always corrupt? Does technology destroy the truly human? Is beer essential to the good life? The Lord of the Rings raises many such searching questions, and this book attempts some answers. Divided into five sections concerned with power and the Ring, the quest for happiness, good and evil in Middle-earth, time and mortality, and the relevance of fairy tales, The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy mines Tolkien's fantasy worlds for wisdom in areas including the menace of technology, addiction and fetishism, the vitality of tradition, the environmental implications of Tolkien's thought, Middle-earth's relationship to Buddhism and Taoism, and more. |
Contents
The Rings of Tolkien and Plato Lessons in Power Choice and Morality | 5 |
The Cracks of Doom The Threat of Emerging Technologies and Tolkiens Rings of Power | 21 |
My Precious Tolkiens Fetishized Rin | 33 |
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The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All Gregory Bassham,Eric Bronson Limited preview - 2003 |
The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All Gregory Bassham,Eric Bronson Limited preview - 2013 |
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Aragorn argues Aristotle Arwen Augustine beauty become Bilbo Bombadil Boromir Buddhist characters choice Christian corruption Council of Elrond Cracks of Doom create Dark Lord death Denethor desire despair destroy divine dwarves elves elvish ents epic essay Ethics eucatastrophe evil example exist Faërie fairy Fairy-stories fantasy Faramir feel Fellowship fetishism forces forest Friedrich Nietzsche friends Frodo Galadriel Gandalf Gawain gift give goal Gollum Gondor happiness heroes hobbits hope human Ibid Ilúvatar important J.R.R. Tolkien journey kind live Lórien magic Manichean master Merry Middle-earth modern moral Mordor Mount Doom nanotechnology nature one's orcs person philosophers Pippin Plato possible Quest reason Ring of Power Ring-bearer Ringwraiths Rivendell role Sam's Saruman Sauron says seems sense Shire Silmarillion Smeagol soul story take the Ring tale Taoists tells temptation things Tom Bombadil tradition Treebeard trees ultimate Valinor virtue virtuous wizard
References to this book
From Hobbits to Hollywood: Essays on Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings Ernest Mathijs,Murray Pomerance No preview available - 2006 |