The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy

The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All is a collection of articles written by philosophy professors on J.R.R. Tolkien and his works, published in the series Popular Culture and Philosophy.

Contents
  • "'My Precious': Tolkien's Fetishized Ring" (by Alison Milbank)
  • "Überhobbits: Tolkien, Nietzsche, and the Will to Power" (by Douglas K. Blount)
  • "Happy Endings and Religious Hope: The Lord of the Rings as an Epic Fairy Tale" (by John J. Davenport)
  • "Tolkien’s Six Keys to Happiness" (by Gregory Bassham)
  • "The Quests of Sam and Gollum for the Happy Life" (by Jorge J.E. Gracia)
  • "'Farewell to Lórien': The Bounded Joy of Existentialists and Elves" (by Eric Bronson)
  • "The Rings of Tolkien and Plato: Lessons in Power, Choice, and Morality" (by Eric Katz)
  • "The Cracks of Doom: The Threat of Emerging Technologies and Tolkien’s Rings of Power" (by Theodore Schick)
  • "Tolkien and the Nature of Evil" (by Scott A. Davison)
  • "Virtue and Vice in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠" (by Aeon J. Skoble)
  • "Choosing to Die: The Gift of Mortality in Middle-earth" (by Bill Davis)
  • "Tolkien, Modernism, and the Importance of Tradition" (by Joe Kraus)
  • "Tolkien's Green Time: Environmental Themes in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠" (by Andrew Light)
  • "Providence and the Dramatic Unity of 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠" (by Thomas Hibbs)
  • "Talking Trees and Walking Mountains: Buddhist and Taoist Themes in 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠" (by Jennifer L. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki
  • "Sam and Frodo's Excellent Adventure: Tolkien's Journey Motif" (by J. Lenore Wright)
Referencias

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