Harry Potter and philosophy
Subtitle: if Aristotle ran Hogwarts
By: edited by David Baggett and Shawn E. Klein.
Contributors: Baggett, David.; Klein, Shawn.
Series: Popular culture and philosophy ;; v. 9
Publisher: Open Court
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Rowling, J. K. -- Philosophy.; Rowling, J. K. -- Characters -- Harry Potter.; Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.; Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.; Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Philosophy in literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.