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Harry Potter and philosophy : if Aristotle ran Hogwarts  Cover Image Book Book

Harry Potter and philosophy : if Aristotle ran Hogwarts

Baggett, David. (Added Author). Klein, Shawn. (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780812694550 (trade pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0812694554 (trade pbk.)
  • Physical Description: v, 243 p. ; 23 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Open Court, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Gryffindor : the characters of Harry's world. The courageous Harry Potter / Tom Morris -- Dursley duplicity: the morality and psychology of self-deception / Diana Mertz Hsieh -- Voldemort's agents, Malfoy's cronies, and Hagrid's chums : friendship in Harry Potter / Harald Thorsrud -- Feminism and equal opportunity : Hermione and the women of Hogwarts / Mimi Gladstein -- Hufflepuff : morality in Rowling's universe. Heaven, hell, and Harry Potter / Jerry Walls -- Magic, science, and the ethics of technology / Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb and W. Christopher Stewart -- The mirror of Erised : why we should heed Dumbledore's warning / Shawn Klein -- Kreacher's lament : S.P.E.W. as a parable on discrimination, indifference, and social justice / Steven W. Patterson -- Slytherin : Knockturn Alley, and the dark arts. Is ambition a virtue? : why Slytherin belongs at Hogwarts / Steven W. Patterson -- A skewed reflection : the nature of evil / David and Catherine Deavel -- Voldemort, Boethius, and the destructive effects of evil / Jennifer Hart Weed -- Magic, muggles, and moral imagination / David Baggett -- Ravenclaw : many-flavored topics in metaphysics. Finding platform 9 3/4 : the idea of a different reality / Gareth B. Matthews -- Space, time, and magic / Michael Silberstein -- Why Voldemort won't just die already : what wizards can teach us about personal identity / Jason Eberl -- The prophecy-driven life : foreknowledge and freedom at Hogwarts / Gregory Bassham.
Subject: Rowling, J. K Philosophy
Children's stories, English History and criticism
Fantasy fiction, English History and criticism
Rowling, J. K Characters Harry Potter
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
Philosophy in literature
Harry Potter

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