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The ultimate Harry Potter and philosophy : Hogwarts for Muggles / edited by Gregory Bassham.

Bassham, Gregory, 1959- (Added Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780470398258 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • ISBN: 0470398256 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • Physical Description: xv, 288 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Covers all seven books in the series"--Cover
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction: Harry Potter and the enchantment of philosophy -- The soul in Harry Potter / Scott Sehon -- Sirius Black: man or dog? / Eric Saidel -- Destiny in the wizarding world / Jeremy Pierce -- Choosing love: the redemption of Severus Snape / Catherine Jack Deavel and David Paul Deavel -- Love potion no. 9 3/4 / Gregory Bassham -- Harry Potter, radical feminism, and the power of love / Anne Collins Smith -- Patriotism, house loyalty, and the obligations of belonging / Andrew P. Mills -- Dumbledore's politics / Beth Admiraal and Regan Lance Reitsma -- Dumbledore, Plato, and the lust for power / David Lay Williams and Alan J. Kellner -- Is Dumbledore gay? Who's to say? / Tamar Szabó Gendler -- Choices vs. abilities: Dumbledore on self-understanding / Gregory Bassham -- The magic of personal transformation / S. Joel Garver -- Just in your head? J. K. Rowling on separating reality from illusion / John Granger with Gregory Bassham -- A pensieve for your thoughts? Harry Potter and the magic of memory / Amy Kind -- A Hogwarts education: the good, the bad, and the ugly / Gregory Bassham -- The real secret of the phoenix: moral regeneration through death / Charles Taliaferro -- Beyond Godric's Hollow: life after death and the search for meaning / Johnathan L. Walls and Jerry L. Walls -- Why Harry and Socrates decide to die: virtue and the common good / Michael W. Austin.
Subject: Rowling, J. K. > Philosophy.
Rowling, J. K. > Themes, motives.
Rowling, J. K. > Characters.
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character)
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization)
Philosophy in literature
Children's stories, English > History and criticism
Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism

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