{"id":16485,"date":"2026-08-28T08:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T06:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/?p=16485"},"modified":"2026-08-28T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T06:59:35","slug":"environmentalism-in-tolkiens-middle-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/environmentalism-in-tolkiens-middle-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmentalism in Tolkien&rsquo;s Middle-earth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Les \u0153uvres de Tolkien rec\u00e8lent-elles une vision environnementale?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Co\u00e9dit\u00e9 par Rachel Falconer (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unil.ch\/angl\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Section d&rsquo;anglais<\/a>), cet ouvrage examine la mani\u00e8re dont l&rsquo;\u0153uvre fantastique de Tolkien fait \u00e9cho aux crises climatiques de notre \u00e9poque, en anticipant les cons\u00e9quences d&rsquo;un capitalisme fortement industrialis\u00e9, en r\u00e9enchantant notre relation au monde naturel et en trouvant des moyens de communiquer au-del\u00e0 de la barri\u00e8re linguistique entre humains et non-humains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Des Ents de Fangorn, gardiens des arbres, aux d\u00e9esses maternelles de la nature du <em>Silmarillion<\/em> en passant par l&rsquo;exploitation mini\u00e8re \u00e9thique d&rsquo;Erebor ou les terres d\u00e9sol\u00e9es du Mordor, les dix essais r\u00e9v\u00e8lent comment le monde de Tolkien pr\u00e9sente une vision morale de la relation entre l&rsquo;humanit\u00e9 et le monde naturel. S&rsquo;appuyant sur l&rsquo;\u00e9cocritique, la psychologie jungienne, la th\u00e9orie postcoloniale et l&rsquo;\u00e9cologie profonde, cet ouvrage retrace l&rsquo;\u00e9volution de l&rsquo;imaginaire \u00e9cologique de Tolkien \u00e0 travers l&rsquo;ensemble de son \u0153uvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rachel Falconer,Thomas Honegger, Christine L\u00f6tscher, Lukas Ritzel&nbsp;(eds), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walking-tree.org\/books\/environmentalism_in_tolkiens_middle-earth.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Environmentalism in Tolkien&rsquo;s Middle-earth<\/a><\/em>, Zollikofen, Walking Tree Publishers. 2026.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/08\/2026-angl-tolkien-couv-1.jpg\" alt=\"Couverture de Environmentalism in Tolkien&apos;s Middle-earth\" class=\"wp-image-16490\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/08\/2026-angl-tolkien-couv-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/08\/2026-angl-tolkien-couv-1-435x653.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>TOUTES LES NOTICES DE<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rachel Falconer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"su-posts su-posts-teaser-loop \">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-16485\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/environmentalism-in-tolkiens-middle-earth\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/08\/2026-angl-tolkien-couv-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"2026 angl tolkien couv\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/08\/2026-angl-tolkien-couv-1.jpg 560w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2026\/08\/2026-angl-tolkien-couv-1-435x653.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/environmentalism-in-tolkiens-middle-earth\/\">Environmentalism in Tolkien&rsquo;s Middle-earth<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-11295\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/seamus-heaney-virgil-and-the-good-of-poetry\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"801\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2022\/02\/FALCONER_2022_Heaney_cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2022\/02\/FALCONER_2022_Heaney_cover.jpg 801w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2022\/02\/FALCONER_2022_Heaney_cover-435x652.jpg 435w, https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2022\/02\/FALCONER_2022_Heaney_cover-768x1151.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/seamus-heaney-virgil-and-the-good-of-poetry\/\">Seamus Heaney, Virgil and the Good of Poetry<\/a><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div id=\"su-post-7218\" class=\"su-post \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"su-post-thumbnail\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/a-quest-for-remembrance-the-underworld-in-classical-and-modern-literature\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"418\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/files\/2020\/01\/FALCONER_Quest-for-Remembrance-cover-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"su-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/labelettres\/a-quest-for-remembrance-the-underworld-in-classical-and-modern-literature\/\">A Quest for Remembrance. 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