The Lord of the rings and philosophy : one book to rule them all / edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson

By:

Bassham,Gregory [editor]

Contributor(s):

Eric Bronson [editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Illinois : Open Court, c2003Description: xi, 240 pages ; 23 cmISBN:

0812695453

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

FIC .L67 2003

Contents:

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: The Wisdom of Middle Earth -- Part I -- The Ring Part II -- The Quest for Happiness -- Part III -- Good and Evil in Middle-Earth -- Part IV -- Time and Mortality -- Part V -- Ends and Endings.

Summary: "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."

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Fiction	Fiction	FIC .L67 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000001747

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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."

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