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Title: Remedial Philosophy Gone Wrong
Review: I was pretty excited when I got this book on sale. I'm a huge Harry Potter nerd and I love applying different readings to my favorite texts. Not only is the text extremely basic, but the factual references, despite the over-quotation, are incorrect! Reading some of the essays, I questioned whether the authors ever read the Harry Potter books, much less any Philosophy.This isn't a discussion of philosophy in Harry Potter so much as a basic account of philosophy with some characters from the Harry Potter series thrown in for good measure.And the facts! One of the essays says that Winky is Dobby's sister. Since when? Another essay says that "Voldemort" means, and I quote: "...a horrifying name that means something like 'Will to Death.' This title itself is a lie, because he doesn't have a death wish" (140). Well of course it's a lie- that's not what "Voldemort" means. JK Rowling got it from the French "vol de mort" which means, literally, flight from/of death.
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