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Tolkien started writing it more than 81 years ago: it really isn’t that shocking that some of it might read strangely to modern eyes.īut to present someone explaining where they got the idea for a short story, the best part of two decades ago, as some new front in “the culture war” is both mind-numbingly stupid and utterly transparent. This doesn’t mean that it’s not good and right to interrogate his stuff – or any stuff – and to point out and discuss its more problematic aspects. He was dead by the time various fascist and neo-nazi groups (including the BNP) decided his books were actually about white supremacy, but you’d have to suspect he wouldn’t have been overjoyed. A 1938 letter to his German publisher makes it clear that he was appalled by the Nazis, and strongly disapproved of apartheid in South Africa. On the balance of probability, and with the caveats that a) I never met the man and b) I’m a white bloke from West Sussex, I would suggest that Tolkien’s creations were not intended as a racist project. Events and Offers Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates. Ideas and Letters A newsletter showcasing the finest writing from the ideas section and the NS archive, covering political ideas, philosophy, criticism and intellectual history - sent every Wednesday.

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