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There are many published theories about politics in the ''Harry Potter'' books by J. K. Rowling, which range from them containing criticism of racism to anti-government sentiments. According to ''Inside Higher Ed'', doctoral theses have been devoted to the Harry Potter books.〔McLemee, Scott (''Pottering Around'' ) Inside Higher Ed, 18 July 2007〕 There are also several university courses centred on analysis of the Potter series, including an upper division Political Science course.〔 *(''The Telegraph'' ), 2007-07-20. *(Edinburgh News ), ''The Scotsman''. *(Babson professor makes Harry P. an academic star ) *(''"Wisdom of Harry Potter" author to offer fall college course'' ) *(Charlotte Observer ) *(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://dolphin-diver.com/277HP.htm )〕 ''Time'' magazine noted the political and social aspects of Harry Potter in their 2007 Person of the Year issue where Rowling placed third behind politicians Vladimir Putin and Al Gore. Harry Potter's potential social and political impact was called similar to the 19th century phenomenon of Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular, but critically maligned book, ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'', which fuelled the abolitionist movement leading up to the American Civil War.〔 *(Readers Of the World, Unite: Metro Santa Cruz ) *(Time Magazine )〕 When asked about the politics and message in Harry Potter, Rowling explained, "I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the wizarding world. So you have the intent to impose a hierarchy, you have bigotry, and this notion of purity, which is this great fallacy, but it crops up all over the world. People like to think themselves superior and that if they can pride themselves in nothing else they can pride themselves on perceived purity. So yeah that follows a parallel (Nazism ). It wasn't really exclusively that. I think you can see in the Ministry even before it's taken over, there are parallels to regimes we all know and love." She also said, "You should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth."〔 *(''Entertainment Weekly'', October 2007 ) *(The Leaky Cauldron )〕 The ''Wall Street Journal'' compared Neville Chamberlain to Rowling's Cornelius Fudge, saying both were eager to help their constituents look the other way to avoid war. "Throughout the '30s, Chamberlain, fearing that Churchill was out for his job, conducted a campaign against his fellow Tory. Chamberlain denied the existence of the German menace and ridiculed Churchill as a 'warmonger'. He used The Times—the government's house organ—to attack Churchill and suppress dispatches from abroad about the Nazis that would have vindicated him." Rowling confirmed Chamberlain was her inspiration in the Spanish newspaper magazine ''XLSemanal''. Rowling also told the Dutch newspaper ''de Volkskrant'' that Voldemort was "a sort of Hitler", and that her decision to draw parallels with Nazism in the books was immediate. ==Education versus indoctrination== ''Entertainment Weekly'' noted that the post-9/11 generation's "ideas about war, about leadership, about the dangers of consolidation of power and of dictatorship, about the importance of dissent, and about heroism and sacrifice, have been shaped at least in part by Rowling," and that their concept of freedom of speech has been influenced by Rowling's weathering of her books' routine challenges.〔(The Top 25 Entertainers of the year ) Entertainment Weekly〕 Bill O'Reilly joined in the political fray over Harry Potter character Albus Dumbledore's outing by asking if it was part of a "gay agenda" to indoctrinate children. He called J. K. Rowling a provocateur for telling fans about Dumbledore's sexuality after the books were written. His guest, ''Entertainment Weekly'' Senior Editor Tina Jordan, called his "indoctrination" claims "a shallow argument", saying "indoctrination is a very strong word" because "we all know gay people, whether we know it or not."〔''The O'Reilly Factor'', Fox News Channel. 23 October 2007.〕 O'Reilly continued the following day saying that the real problem is Rowling is teaching "tolerance" and "parity for homosexuals with heterosexuals". His guest Dennis Miller said that tolerance was good and didn't think you could indoctrinate a child into being gay.〔''The O'Reilly Factor'', Fox News Channel. 24 October 2007.〕 Zenit, a news agency dedicated to promoting the message of the Catholic Church, accused Rowling of betraying her readers by disclosing Dumbledore's sexuality, and said Rowling is the wealthiest woman in Britain thanks to the lack of political, social or moral propaganda in her books. The head of Human Life International, an American-based Roman Catholic activist pro-life organisation, taking a negative view of the books and "their literary offspring", said that Harry Potter indoctrinates young souls in the language and mechanics of the occult and said that Rowling's portrayal of Dumbledore socialises if not indoctrinates young people into tolerance of gays. The ''Berkeley Beacon'' said that one parent's perception of indoctrination is another's education, in their article, ''No Politics in Harry Potter'', which countered charges that Rowling promoted homosexuality in her books.〔(No politics in Harry Potter – Opinion )〕 Discussing the controversy, Rowling told the BBC that "Christian fundamentalists were never my base" and thought it ridiculous to question if a gay person could be a moral compass in the 21st century. Discussing the values and morality of her characters Draco and Dudley, Rowling explained that both were indoctrinated with their parents' beliefs. "The moment Draco got what he thought he wanted, to become a Death Eater, and given a mission by Lord Voldemort, as he did in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,'' reality finally hit him," Rowling said, because his dream was "so very different". She said that there was a real moral cowardice to Draco, but that he was not wholly bad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Politics of Harry Potter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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