Index
147 Index Rohirrim, 52; and Romanticism, 121; Tolkien on, 28, 122; and Treebeard, 28; Turner on, 52–53 Arwen, 103 athelas, 70 Auden, W. H., 78, 106, 107 Bag End, 84–85 Ball, Jim, 37 Balrog, 60 Basney, Lionel, 46 Battle of Helm’s Deep, 41, 82 Beowulf, 2 Bergil, 70 Berry, Wendell: on ecological humility, 5; on food, 121; on greed, 32–33; on humility , 32–33; on natural world, 5; on path vs. road, 68–69 Bilbo, 33 Birzer, Bradley: on evil, 88; on Orcs, 82, 83; on Tolkien, 37; on Treebeard, 28 Black Land, 86 Blake, William, 121 Boethian paradigm, 76 Bombadil, Tom, 25, 124 Bombur, 55 Boromir, 67–68, 124 Bouma-Prediger, Steven, 37 Bradley, Marion Zimmer, 115 Brooke-Rose, Christine, 1, 85 Buell, Lawrence, 10 Burns, Marjorie, 8, 22, 93 Caldecott, Stratford, 14, 34–35, 76 Campbell, Joseph, 61 Campbell, Sueellen, 9–10 addiction, 57 Adorno, Theodor, 52, 54 Aglarond, Glittering Caves of, 53–55, 58 agriculture, 34 Aldrich, Kevin, 45, 124 alienation: of Frodo, 35, 108–9; of Gollum , 109, 113; of humans, 10 Allen, Paula Gunn: on community, 21; on Ents, 24; on language, 21, 66, 77 alternate cosmos, 14 animals, speaking, 66 Aragorn: and Arwen, 103; blossoming of, 72–73; and détours, 102; Dowie on, 100–101; and ecological humility, 103–4; and evil, 123; as exile, 94, 101, 102, 104, 112; and Galadriel, 43–44; and growth, 71; and interconnectedness , 102; journeys of, 100–101, 103; as King of Gondor, 101, 102; and Lothlórien, 44; and Middle-earth, 104; and mortality, 72; and natural world, 104; Nikakis on, 102, 103; and Orcs, 79; and power from, 101, 102, 103; re-empowerment of, 104; as resident, 103; and Rivendell, 102; as transient, 100, 103; un-empowerment of, 104; and White Tree, 72 architecture, 33 Arnor, 101–2 art, 28, 52 artifacts and technology: characteristics of, 52, 53; Curry on, 53, 79; defined, 52; and Dwarves, 52, 54; and Ents, 28; Flieger on, 85; and Gimli, 124; and Gondorians, 52; and Hobbits, 121; and Orcs, 52, 121; and power from, 52; and 148 index Catholicism, 8, 99, 124. See also Christ figure; religious vocation center, the and centering, 7, 8 choices, 120 Christ figure, 108. See also Catholicism Cirith Ungol, 114 civilization, 31–32 climax ecosystem, 20. See also power with commoditization, 43 community: Allen on, 21; and Elves, 21; and Ents, 21, 24; Flieger on, 66; and Gollum, 94–95, 113; and language, 21, 66. See also power with conflict, 35 connectivity. See interconnectedness connoisseurs, 38–39 consumption and conspicuous consumption : and Dwarves, 55, 59–60; Evernden on, 55, 77, 92; and Hobbits, 36; and Orcs, 81 constructivism, 9 contexts, 7, 39 Coulombe, Charles, 8 cultivators: Ents as, 23, 43; Garrard on, 33; Hobbits as, 23, 32, 43, 52. See also gardeners Curry, Patrick: on art, 28; on artifacts and technology, 53; on ecocide, 13, 79, 85; on Elves, 96; on Gondor, 73; on homogenization, 82; on magic, 79; on Middle-earth, 1–2; on myth, 23–24; on power, 52; on science, 28; on solipsism , 22, 76; on technology, 79; on Tolkien, 13, 53 Dáin, 55 Daly, Herman, 60 Dark Riders, 40 Dead Marshes, 86 death, decay, and destruction: of Aragorn, 72; of Boromir, 124; Flieger on, 103; of Gollum, 113; in Mordor, 86, 87, 90; and Ring, 92; and Sauron, 78, 89, 90, 91–92 Deleuze, Gilles, 6–7, 20 Denethor, 70–71, 72 Derrida, Jacques, 10 de Saussure, Ferdinand: on language, 65, 77; on signifier and signified, 51, 55–56 destruction. See death, decay, and destruction détours and retours, 101, 102 dialectic, 51, 54. See also power from Dickerson, Matthew: on agriculture, 34; on Bombadil, 25; on ecological humility, 105; on Elves, 39; and environmental practice, 2–3; on interconnectedness , 34; on natural world, 92; on re-empowerment, 106; on respect, 37–38; on Shire, 34; on stewardship ethos, 35, 37; on Treebeard, 30; on unempowerment , 106 Dietz, Rob, 60 disconnection. See journeys dis-empowerment, 100, 113 diversity: and Elves, 20–21, 119; and Ents, 20–21; and Hobbits, 20–21; Kerridge on, 21; Kirschenmann on, 87–88; and Middle-earth, 48; and Mordor, 88; and power over, 78; Shiva on, 88 Dowie, William, 100–101, 104 Dubs, Kathleen, 76 Dwarves: and addiction, 57; and artifacts and technology, 52, 54; and Balrog, 60; and conspicuous consumption, 55, 59–60; and Elves, 57, 58; and Gimli, 61, 62; and greed, 55, 59; and interconnectedness, 73; and...
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