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The Lord of the Rings and Philosophy: One Book to Rule Them All presents essays on various philosophical topics of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Compiled by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson, it is the fifth book of Open Court Publishing Company's series Popular Culture and Philosophy.

Essays[]

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

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