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Originally Posted by lmp
Indubitably! But to attempt to say what Tolkien's and Lewis's politics were by reading LotR and the Narnia Chronicles is not the same thing.
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Erm, I do apologise if my first post was unclear--and I suppose my final question can be construed personally--but I had thought I had framed the question in terms of Tolkien's and Lewis'
works--a word I used several times. And I provided examples from the texts, rather than from the Letters. And the original comment about Lewis was directed to the story itself. And, and, well, the texts do present a political stance. It was that stance I was interested in exploring.
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Originally Posted by Lal
I wouldn't go so far as to call the UK a theocracy! That's a term I'd associate more with Iran, and as I've heard before, possibly with the Republic and the authority of the Jedi in Star Wars!
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Israel also comes to mind, but I suppose that is a contested issue. However, as I suggested to
lmp, my interest lies in the attitude towards power and authority which the texts portray, rather than the author's personal beliefs, which are more speculative fodder for discussion.
I wonder if the difference perceived between the texts of Tolkien and Lewis might pertain to the different stances which the texts display towards allegory and not just audience, as
tgwbs suggests.