• The Orkish Problem (Part 2)

  • Aug 16 2023
  • Length: 52 mins
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  • In which co-hosts Kenny and Sam continue their discussion of a posthumously published essay by Charles W. Mills on the subject of race and racism in Lord of the Rings. Part 2 of 2.


    Primary sources:

    The Lord of the Rings | The Silmarillion | The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien


    Secondary sources:

    Mills - The Wretched of Middle-Earth: An Orkish Manifesto | Carpenter - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography


    Further reading:

    Mills - The Racial Contract

    Jamelle Bouie for NY Times - obituary for Mills

    Jared Anthony Loggins for Dissent - obituary for Mills


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