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• catalog abstract "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.".
• catalog contributor b12982529.
• catalog contributor b12982530.
• catalog created "c2003.".
• catalog date "2003".
• catalog date "c2003.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
• catalog description "pt. 1. The ring. The rings of Tolkien and Plato : lessons in power, choice, and morality / Eric Katz -- The cracks of doom : the threat of emerging technologies and Tolkien's rings of power / Theodore Schick -- "My precious" : Tolkien's fetishized ring / Alison Milbank -- pt. 2. The quest for happiness. Tolkien's six keys to happiness / Gregory Bassham -- The quests of Sam and Gollum for the happy life / Jorge J.E. Gracia -- "Farewell to Lórien" : the bounded joy of existentialists and elves / Eric Bronson -- pt. 3. Good and evil in Middle-earth. Überhobbits : Tolkien, Nietzsche, and the will to power / Douglas K. Blount -- Tolkien and the nature of evil / Scott A. Davison -- Virtue and vice in The Lord of the rings / Aeon J. Skoble -- pt. 4. Time and mortality. Choosing to die : the gift of mortality in Middle-earth / Bill Davis -- Tolkien, modernism, and the importance of tradition / Joe Kraus -- Tolkien's green time : environmental themes in The Lord of the rings / Andrew Light -- pt. 5. Ends and endings. Providence and the dramatic unity of The Lord of the rings / Thomas Hibbs -- Talking trees and walking mountains : Buddhist and Taoist themes in The Lord of the rings / Jennifer L. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki -- Sam and Frodo's excellent adventure : Tolkien's journey motif / J. Lenore Wright -- Happy endings and religious hope : The Lord of the rings as an epic fairy tale / John J. Davenport.".
• catalog extent "xi, 240 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Lord of the rings and philosophy.".
• catalog identifier "0812695453 (pbk.)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Lord of the rings and philosophy.".
• catalog isPartOf "Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 5".
• catalog issued "2003".
• catalog issued "c2003.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Chicago : Open Court,".
• catalog relation "Lord of the rings and philosophy.".
• catalog subject "823/.912 22".
• catalog subject "Fantasy fiction, English History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "Middle Earth (Imaginary place)".
• catalog subject "PR6039.O32 L6356 2003".
• catalog subject "Philosophy in literature.".
• catalog subject "Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 Philosophy.".
• catalog subject "Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973. Lord of the rings.".
• catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. The ring. The rings of Tolkien and Plato : lessons in power, choice, and morality / Eric Katz -- The cracks of doom : the threat of emerging technologies and Tolkien's rings of power / Theodore Schick -- "My precious" : Tolkien's fetishized ring / Alison Milbank -- pt. 2. The quest for happiness. Tolkien's six keys to happiness / Gregory Bassham -- The quests of Sam and Gollum for the happy life / Jorge J.E. Gracia -- "Farewell to Lórien" : the bounded joy of existentialists and elves / Eric Bronson -- pt. 3. Good and evil in Middle-earth. Überhobbits : Tolkien, Nietzsche, and the will to power / Douglas K. Blount -- Tolkien and the nature of evil / Scott A. Davison -- Virtue and vice in The Lord of the rings / Aeon J. Skoble -- pt. 4. Time and mortality. Choosing to die : the gift of mortality in Middle-earth / Bill Davis -- Tolkien, modernism, and the importance of tradition / Joe Kraus -- Tolkien's green time : environmental themes in The Lord of the rings / Andrew Light -- pt. 5. Ends and endings. Providence and the dramatic unity of The Lord of the rings / Thomas Hibbs -- Talking trees and walking mountains : Buddhist and Taoist themes in The Lord of the rings / Jennifer L. McMahon and B. Steve Csaki -- Sam and Frodo's excellent adventure : Tolkien's journey motif / J. Lenore Wright -- Happy endings and religious hope : The Lord of the rings as an epic fairy tale / John J. Davenport.".
• catalog title "The Lord of the rings and philosophy : one book to rule them all / edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson.".
• catalog type "Aufsatzsammlung. swd".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "text".