MuggleNet Academia Lesson 13: 'Political Science in the Harry Potter series'

The latest episode of MuggleNet Academia is now released for your listening and academic pleasure. Lesson 13: 'Political Science in the Harry Potter Series' dives into the issues of the political parties and philosophies of government and compares them to the Hogwarts Saga.

Join the Host of the show, Keith Hawk, and Co-Host John Granger, The Hogwarts Professor and author of The Deathly Hallows Lectures, as we are joined by Professor Daniel Nexon, of Georgetown University, and guest student Kara Szames of Toronto, Canada.

Lesson 13:

• Are there any analogies between World War II and the Hogwarts Saga?
• Is Voldemort a literary symbolic representation of Hitler? Are the Death Eaters the same politically as the Nazi's of Germany?
• What influence, if any, did the war on Islamist Terror have in Rowling's writing?
• What political beliefs of Rowling do we see in both 'Harry Potter' and 'The Casual Vacancy'?
• Which political party would Luna Lovegood have voted for in the past Presedential Election in the United States?
• What would Hermione and friends advocate post Benghazi about US responses to the Arab Spring?
• And much more!

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