o Expurgo do Condado: uma fábula socialista

Tolkien vs. Socialism  (lewrockwell.com)
- Highlight Loc. 126-30  | Added on Monday, November 28, 2011, 02:54 AM

We want to show that not only was Tolkien perfectly aware of the inherent problems of socialism; he also wanted to put his position so clearly that he dedicated to it one of the most important (and regrettably less studied) chapters of his masterpiece: the VIII Chapter of Book Six, "The Scouring of the Shire." After the War of the Ring, the Hobbits get back to their homeland, but find a very bad surprise there: the evil Saruman (Tolkien’s fictionalization of a philosopher dreaming of being king) has taken power and established a socialist regime.