{"615800":{"#nid":"615800","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Fantastic Beasts and Muggles: Antihumanism in Rowling\u2019s Wizarding World","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/modlangs.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/dina-khapaeva\u0022\u003EDina Khapaeva\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the School of Modern Languages, wrote the article \u0026ldquo;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.lareviewofbooks.org\/reviews\/fantastic-beasts-muggles-antihumanism-rowlings-wizarding-world\/\u0022\u003EFantastic Beasts and Muggles: Antihumanism in Rowling\u0026rsquo;s Wizarding World\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rdquo; featured in the \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELA Review of Books\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E, December 26, 2018.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EExcerpt:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeath remains the most important theme of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EFantastic Beasts\u003C\/em\u003E, much as it was in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHarry Potter\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;series and as Rowling has emphasized herself on several occasions. An avid awaiting of the apocalypse, which looms large in the second installment of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EFantastic Beasts\u003C\/em\u003E, can be seen as an expression of the fascination with death of humanity.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EHarry Potter\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;franchise\u0026rsquo;s enormous success may indeed rest in part on its articulation of a deep scorn for humanity and the denigration of humans. But this is not a psychological reaction of millions of fans that could be explained away by masochism, sadism, or suppressed desires. It is a cultural trend that offers antihumanism as a popular commodity. We would do well to read the books and view the movies with a critical eye on what is being suggested about the value of human life.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/blog.lareviewofbooks.org\/reviews\/fantastic-beasts-muggles-antihumanism-rowlings-wizarding-world\/\u0022\u003ERead Full Article\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2019-01-02 20:30:39","changed_gmt":"2019-01-02 20:30:39","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Station F","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/blog.lareviewofbooks.org\/reviews\/fantastic-beasts-muggles-antihumanism-rowlings-wizarding-world\/","dateline":{"date":"2018-12-26T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-12-26T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"441101":{"id":"441101","type":"image","title":"Dina Khapaeva","body":null,"created":"1449256190","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:50","changed":"1539024312","gmt_changed":"2018-10-08 18:45:12","alt":"Portrait of Dr. Dina Khapaeva","file":{"fid":"203074","name":"dinakhapaevaweb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dinakhapaevaweb_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/dinakhapaevaweb_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":34304,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/dinakhapaevaweb_0.jpg?itok=WXfe7j-L"}}},"media_ids":["441101"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1284","name":"School of Modern Languages"}],"categories":[{"id":"151","name":"Policy, Social Sciences, and Liberal Arts"}],"keywords":[{"id":"33421","name":"Dina Khapaeva"},{"id":"180032","name":"antihumanism"},{"id":"180033","name":"J.K. Rowlilng"},{"id":"11978","name":"harry potter"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}