Myth, Magic, and Power in Tolkien’s Middle-earth

Developing a Model for Understanding Power and Leadership

James E. Siburt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

116 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-3266-9 (ISBN)

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This book introduces the Social Power Dynamic Model, which helps explain how culture and society impact power. Tolkien’s works are used in sample applications of the SPDM, which demonstrates the value of this new model and provides insight into Tolkien’s views on power.

Myth, Magic, and Power in Tolkien’s Middle-earth: Developing a Model for Understanding Power and Leadership develops a model of analysis to understand the social power dynamics that occur in human interactions. Siburt uses the creation story in J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion as a field of observation for understanding his model of analysis. This book shows how the application of the Social Power Dynamic Model to cultural texts makes it possible to identify, classify, and clarify unique insights about the social power dynamics at work in human societies.

James E. Siburt is assistant professor of sociology of leadership and director of graduate leadership at Immaculata University.

Contents

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One: The Power of Story
Chapter Two: A Journey Begins
Chapter Three: A Complex Strategy
Chapter Four: A Palantíri of Observation
Chapter Five: A Power Shown Forth
Chapter Six: An Ominous and Sinister Power
Chapter Seven: A Power Exercised
References
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	06.05.2023
Zusatzinfo	5 b/w illustrations;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 240 mm
Gewicht	354 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-6669-3266-3 / 1666932663
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-3266-9 / 9781666932669
Zustand	Neuware