The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy : The Lion, the Witch, and the Worldview.
Title:
The Chronicles of Narnia and Philosophy : The Lion, the Witch, and the Worldview.
Author:
Bassham, Gregory.
ISBN:
9780812698091
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (228 pages)
Series:
Popular Culture and Philosophy
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Narnia and the Enchantment of Philosophy -- PART I: FAREWELL TO SHADOWLANDS: Believing, Doubting, and Knowing -- 1. Aslan's Voice: C.S. Lewis and the Magic of Sound -- 2. Virtue Epistemology: Why Uncle Andrew Couldn't Hear the Animals Speak -- 3. Trusting Lucy: Believing the Incredible -- 4. Breaking the Spell of Skepticism: Puddleglum versus the Green Witch -- 5. At Any Rate There's No Humbug Here: Truth and Perspective -- PART II: THE TAO IN NARNIA: Morality and the Good Life -- 6. Worth Dying For: Narnian Lessons on Heroism and Altruism -- 7. Work, Vocation, and the Good Life in Narnia -- 8. The Tao of Narnia -- 9. Extreme Makeover: Moral Education and the Encounter with Aslan -- 10. Is It Good to Be Bad? Immoralism in Narnia -- 11. Nania and the Moral Imagination -- 12. Beasts, Heroes, and Monsters: Configuring the Moral Imaginary -- 13. No Longer a Friend of Narnia: Gender in Narnia -- PART III: FURTHER UP AND FURTHER IN: Exploring the Deeper Nature of Reality -- 14. Plato in Narnia -- 15. Different Worlds, Different Bodies -- Personal Identity in Narnia -- 16. Why Eustace Almost Deserved His Name: Lewis's Critique of Modern Secularism -- 17. Time Keeps on Ticking, Or Does It? The Significance of Time in The Chronicles of Narnia -- PART IV: THE DEEPEST MAGIC: Religion and the Transcendent -- 18. Aslan the Terrible: Painful Encounters with Absolute Goodness -- 19. Worth of a Better God: Religious Diversity and Salvation in The Chronicles of Narnia -- 20. The Atonement in Narnia -- 21. The Green Witch and the Great Debate: Freeing Narnia from the Spell of the Lewis-Anscombe Legend -- 22. Some Dogs Go to Heaven: Lewis on Animal Salvation -- The Adventurers -- The Marsh-wiggle's Index.
Abstract:
The Chronicles of Narnia series has entertained millions of readers, both children and adults, since the appearance of the first book in 1950. Here, scholars turn the lens of philosophy on these timeless tales. Engagingly written for a lay audience, these essays consider a wealth of topics centered on the ethical, spiritual, mythic, and moral resonances in the adventures of Aslan, the Pevensie children, and the rest of the colorful cast. Do the spectacular events in Narnia give readers a simplistic view of human choice and decision making? Does Aslan offer a solution to the problem of evil? What does the character of Susan tell readers about Lewis's view of gender? How does Lewis address the Nietzschean master morality" embraced by most of the villains of the Chronicles? With these and a wide range of other questions, this provocative book takes a fresh view of the world of Narnia and expands readers' experience of it.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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