Defenses Against the Dark Arts: The Political Education of Harry Potter and His Friends

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Defenses Against the Dark Arts
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Defenses Against the Dark Arts: The Political Education of Harry Potter and His Friends
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Contents
List of Tables
Introduction
	Places for Politics
		Symbols for Politics
		Stories for Politics
		Thanks for Help
		Notes
Part 1: Pottery
	Chapter 1
		Political Theories for Dark Times
			Politics Is a Plural Noun
			Politics Are the Dark Arts and Our Defenses against Them
			Dark Times Are Enduring Conditions of Terrible Troubles
			Stopping Terrible Troubles Starts with Facing Them
			Dark Times Are When We Face Them
			Notes
	Chapter 2
		Dark Arts for Dark Times
			Dark Arts Are How We Use Them
			DADA Is a Useful Focus for Political Education
			In Everyday Life, Politics Mostly Are Stylistic
			DADA Features Defenses against Dark Times
			Dark Times Need Neglected Politics
			Notes
	Chapter 3
		Defenses Against Dark Arts
			DADA Principles
			DADA Cognates
			DADA Advances
			Notes
	Chapter 4
		Potter Magic as Perfectionist Politics
			The Deluminator for Going Dark
			Spell-Casting for Going Figural
			Diagon Alley for Going Slant
			Broomstick Flight for Going High and Far
			Knockturn Alley for Going Hard with Art
			Notes
	Chapter 5
		Perversions of Perfectionist Politics
			Vampires
			Dementors
			Dragons
			Snakes
			Quirrell and Snape
			Voldemort
			Notes
Part 2: Polity
	Chapter 6
		Rules and the Philosopher’s Stone
			Conformism
			Perfectionism
			Conventionalism
			Facing the Mirror of Erised
			Notes
	Chapter 7
		Kinds and the Chamber of Secrets
			Fascism
			Populism
			Perspectivism
			Slaying the Slytherin Basilisk
			Notes
	Chapter 8
		Friends and the Prisoner of Azkaban
			Idealism
			Realism
			Existentialism
			Learning the Time-Turner
			Notes
	Chapter 9
		Peoples and the Goblet of Fire
			Nationalism
			Environmentalism
			Feminism
			Traversing the Hedge Maze
			Notes
	Chapter 10
		Institutions and the Order of the Phoenix
			Authoritarianism
			Bureaucratism
			Republicanism
			Monumentalizing the History of Magic
			Notes
	Chapter 11
		Patrons and the Half-Blood Prince
			Patronism
			Liberalism
			Conservatism
			Keeping the Magical Promise
			Notes
	Chapter 12
		Fools and the Deathly Hallows
			Totalitarianism
			Socialism
			Anarchism
			Killing the Riddle Horcruxes
			Notes
Conclusion
	Coming of Age
	Teaching of Politics
	Fantasies of Power
	Capacities of Action
	Notes
Bibliography
Index
	People
	Polity
	Pottery
About the Author