Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good: J. R. R.

Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good: J. R. R. Tolkien and Political Philosophy

Political philosophy is nothing other than looking at things political under the aspect of eternity. This book invites us to look philosophically at political things in J.R.R. Tolkienâ€™s legendarium, demonstrating that Tolkienâ€™s potent mythology can be brought into rich, fruitful dialogue with works of political philosophy and political theology as different as Platoâ€™s Timaeus, Aquinasâ€™ De Regno, Hobbesâ€™s Leviathan, and Erik Petersonâ€™s â€œMonotheism as a Political Problem.â€ It concludes that a political reading of Tolkienâ€™s work is most luminous when conducted by the harmonious lights of fides et ratio as found in the thought of Thomas Aquinas.

A broad study of Tolkien and the political is especially pertinent in that the legendarium operates on two levels. As a popular mythology it is, in the authorâ€™s own words â€œa really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them.â€ But the stories of The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings contain deeper teachings that can only be drawn out when read philosophically. Written from the vantage of a mind that is deeply Christian, Tolkienâ€™s stories grant us a revelatory gaze into the major political problems of modernityâ€”from individualism to totalitarianism, sovereignty to surveillance, terror to technocracy. As an â€œoutsiderâ€ in modernity, Tolkien invites us to question the modern in a manner that moves beyond reaction into a vivid and compelling vision of the common good.
Country USA
Brand Cascade Books
Manufacturer Cascade Books
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2018-07-07
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781532611193

Country	USA
Brand	Cascade Books
Manufacturer	Cascade Books
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2018-07-07
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781532611193

Middle-earth and the Return of the Common Good: J. R. R. Tolkien and Political Philosophy

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