Dr. John Whitmire will give a lecture, “Hoping Against Hope: Kierkegaard, Derrida and Paul in The Lord of the Rings,” on Tuesday, April 17, at 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Raynor Memorial Library Beaumier Suites.
Dr. Whitmire is an associate professor of philosophy and religion at Western Carolina University. His lecture will look at J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” through the lens of existential and postmodern philosophy.
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