RealClear Radio Hour – The Hops & Hobbits Podcast, Part 2

Tolkien’s Economic Message in the Lord of the Rings

NOV 22, 2014

Jay Richards, Senior Fellow of the Discovery Institute and co-author of The Hobbit Party: The Vision of Freedom That Tolkien Got, and the West Forgot, discusses J.R.R. Tolkien’s political philosophy as the underlying backstory in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, from his discussions of just war and the nature of good and evil to the all seeing-eye and the symbolism of The Ring.

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