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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 243 pp., x. '1' in number line. Following "A Few Start-of-Term Notices", "Abbreviations", and "The Magic of Philosophy", Contents divided into 16 Essays in 4 Parts: [Part I] "GRYFFINDOR: The Characters of Harry's World" (1) Tom Morris, "The Courageous Harry Potter"; (2) Diana Mertz Hsieh, "Dursley Duplicity: The Morality and Psychology of Self-Deception"; (3) Harald Thorsrud, "Voldemort's Agents, Malfoy's Cronies, and Hagrid's Chums: Friendship in Harry Potter"; (4) Mimi R. Gladstein, "Feminism and Equal Opportunity: Hermione and the Women of Hogwarts"[Part II] "HUFFLEPUFF: Morality in Rowling's Universe" (5) Jerry L. Walls, "Heaven, Hell, and Harry Potter"; (6) Benjamin J. Bruxvoort Lipscomb and W. Christopher Stewart, "Magic, Science, and the Ethics of Technology"; (7) Shawn E. Klein, "The Mirror of Erised: Why We Should Heed Dumbledore's Warning"; (8) Steven W. Patterson, "Kreacher's Lament: S.P.E.W. as a Parable on Discrimination, Indifference and Social Justice"; [Part III] "SLYTHERIN: Knockturn Alley and the Dark Arts" (9) Steven W. Patterson, "Is Ambition a Virtue? Why Slytherin Belongs at Hogwarts"; (10) David and Catherine Deavel, "A Skewed Reflection: The Nature of Evil"; (11) Jennifer Hart Weed, "Voldemort, Boethius, and the Destructive Effects of Evil"; (12) David Baggett, "Magic, Muggles and Moral Imagination"; [Part IV] RAVENCLAW: Many-Flavored Topics in Metaphysics" (13) Gareth B. Matthews, "Finding Platform 9 3/4: The Idea of a Different Reality"; (14) Michael Silberstein, "Space, Time, and Magic"; (15) Jason T. Eberl, "Why Voldemort Won't Just Die Already: What Wizards Can Teach Us About Personal Identity"; (16) Gregory Bassham, "The Prophecy-Driven Life: Fate and Freedom at Hogwarts"; Hogwarts Emeritus Faculty, pp. 227-231; Current Hogwarts Faculty, pp. 233-236; A Wizard's Index, pp. 237-243. Brown boards with black backstrip and brilliant gilt lettering; black endpapers. Dustwrapper not price-clipped (no price) in shades of brown with Title lettering in orange across top half front cover; Subtitle in gray and with editor names in small white letters superimposed across middle front cover; color photo-illustration of a snowy owl at bottom center front cover. FLAWLESS. NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks; unusually fresh, tight binding. UNREAD. Gift-Giving Quality.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. x, 243 pages; 23 cm. "In Harry Potter and Philosophy, individual chapters look at such topics as life revealed in the Mirror of Erised; the ethics of magic; Moaning Myrtle, Nearly Headless Nick, and the relation of the mind to the brain; and the character of Hermione as a case of "sublimated feminism." Also examined in this collection are how Aristotle would have run a school for wizards; whether the Potter stories undermine religion and morality; how to tell good people from evil ones through the characters in these novels; and what dementors and boggarts can teach readers about happiness, fear, and the soul. --From publisher's description." // Contents: I. Wizards, Witches, and Muggles: The Inhabitants of Potter's World; 1. Becoming Harry Potter: An Orphan's Search for Identity; 2. Sublimated Feminism: Hermione Granger and the Women of the Wizard World; 3. Averting the Eyes: Self-Deception and the Self-Image; 4. The Taste of Love in Harry Potter; II. Choices, not Abilities: Virtue and Morality in Harry Potter; 5. If Aristotle Ran Hogwarts; 6. The Mirror of Erised: What is the Best Life; 7. The Question Concerning Magic; 8. Moral Imagination and the Apologist's Paradox; III. Knockturn Alley: Evil and the Dark Arts; 9. Is Ambition a Virtue? The Moral Significance of Slytherin House; 10. Harry Potter and the Guises of Evil; 11. Voldermort, Boethius, and the Destructive Effects of Evil; 12. Dark Creatures at Hogwarts: A Platonic Perspective; 13. Harry Potter on the Meaning of Life and Death, Good and Evil; IV. Every-Flavored Essay; 14. Heaven, Hell, and Harry Potter; 15. Wherein 9 3/4? Space, Time, And Magic in the Potter Universe; 16. Ghosts and the Possibility of Disembodied Existence; 17. Normalizing the Paranormal. Fine in fine jakcet First ed., first printing (full number line).

Paperback. Condition: New. These essays will interest readers familiar with the work of Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and are a great starting point for those eager for an introduction to the great Russian's work. When people think of Russia today, they tend to gravitate toward images of Soviet domination or, more recently, Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine. The reality, however, is that, despite Russia's political failures, its rich history of culture, religion, and philosophical reflection-even during the darkest days of the Gulag-have been a deposit of wisdom for American artists, religious thinkers, and political philosophers probing what it means to be human in America. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stands out as the key figure in this conversation, as both a Russian literary giant and an exile from Russia living in America for two decades. This anthology reconsiders Solzhenitsyn's work from a variety of perspectives-his faith, his politics, and the influences and context of his literature-to provide a prophetic vision for our current national confusion over universal ideals. In Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West, David P. Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson have collected essays from the foremost scholars and thinkers of comparative studies who have been tracking what Americans have borrowed and learned from Solzhenitsyn and his fellow Russians. The book offers a consideration of what we have in common-the truth, goodness, and beauty America has drawn from Russian culture and from masters such as Solzhenitsyn-and will suggest to readers what we can still learn and what we must preserve. The last section expands the book's theme and reach by examining the impact of other notable Russian authors, including Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Gogol. Contributors: David P. Deavel, Jessica Hooten Wilson, Nathan Nielson, Eugene Vodolazkin, David Walsh, Matthew Lee Miller, Ralph C. Wood, Gary Saul Morson, Edward E. Ericson, Jr., Micah Mattix, Joseph Pearce, James F. Pontuso, Daniel J. Mahoney, William Jason Wallace, Lee Trepanier, Peter Leithart, Dale Peterson, Julianna Leachman, Walter G. Moss, and Jacob Howland.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. These essays will interest readers familiar with the work of Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and are a great starting point for those eager for an introduction to the great Russian's work.When people think of Russia today, they tend to gravitate toward images of Soviet domination or, more recently, Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine. The reality, however, is that, despite Russia's political failures, its rich history of culture, religion, and philosophical reflection-even during the darkest days of the Gulag-have been a deposit of wisdom for American artists, religious thinkers, and political philosophers probing what it means to be human in America. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stands out as the key figure in this conversation, as both a Russian literary giant and an exile from Russia living in America for two decades. This anthology reconsiders Solzhenitsyn's work from a variety of perspectives-his faith, his politics, and the influences and context of his literature-to provide a prophetic vision for our current national confusion over universal ideals.In Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West, David P. Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson have collected essays from the foremost scholars and thinkers of comparative studies who have been tracking what Americans have borrowed and learned from Solzhenitsyn and his fellow Russians. The book offers a consideration of what we have in common-the truth, goodness, and beauty America has drawn from Russian culture and from masters such as Solzhenitsyn-and will suggest to readers what we can still learn and what we must preserve. The last section expands the book's theme and reach by examining the impact of other notable Russian authors, including Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Gogol.Contributors: David P. Deavel, Jessica Hooten Wilson, Nathan Nielson, Eugene Vodolazkin, David Walsh, Matthew Lee Miller, Ralph C. Wood, Gary Saul Morson, Edward E. Ericson, Jr., Micah Mattix, Joseph Pearce, James F. Pontuso, Daniel J. Mahoney, William Jason Wallace, Lee Trepanier, Peter Leithart, Dale Peterson, Julianna Leachman, Walter G. Moss, and Jacob Howland. Deavel and Wilson have collected essays from the foremost scholars and thinkers of comparative studies who have been tracking what Americans have borrowed and learned from Solzhenitsyn and his fellow Russians. The book offers a consideration of what we have in common and will suggest to readers what we can still learn and what we must preserve. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condition: New. These essays will interest readers familiar with the work of Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and are a great starting point for those eager for an introduction to the great Russian's work. When people think of Russia today, they tend to gravitate toward images of Soviet domination or, more recently, Vladimir Putin's war against Ukraine. The reality, however, is that, despite Russia's political failures, its rich history of culture, religion, and philosophical reflection-even during the darkest days of the Gulag-have been a deposit of wisdom for American artists, religious thinkers, and political philosophers probing what it means to be human in America. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn stands out as the key figure in this conversation, as both a Russian literary giant and an exile from Russia living in America for two decades. This anthology reconsiders Solzhenitsyn's work from a variety of perspectives-his faith, his politics, and the influences and context of his literature-to provide a prophetic vision for our current national confusion over universal ideals. In Solzhenitsyn and American Culture: The Russian Soul in the West, David P. Deavel and Jessica Hooten Wilson have collected essays from the foremost scholars and thinkers of comparative studies who have been tracking what Americans have borrowed and learned from Solzhenitsyn and his fellow Russians. The book offers a consideration of what we have in common-the truth, goodness, and beauty America has drawn from Russian culture and from masters such as Solzhenitsyn-and will suggest to readers what we can still learn and what we must preserve. The last section expands the book's theme and reach by examining the impact of other notable Russian authors, including Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Gogol. Contributors: David P. Deavel, Jessica Hooten Wilson, Nathan Nielson, Eugene Vodolazkin, David Walsh, Matthew Lee Miller, Ralph C. Wood, Gary Saul Morson, Edward E. Ericson, Jr., Micah Mattix, Joseph Pearce, James F. Pontuso, Daniel J. Mahoney, William Jason Wallace, Lee Trepanier, Peter Leithart, Dale Peterson, Julianna Leachman, Walter G. Moss, and Jacob Howland.

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