How is His Dark Materials anti-establishment? I think it is the most aristocratic book I ever read. Not only are there aristocrats and servants, but you can tell people's class just by looking at their animalian soul partners: servants have dogs, cool people have golden monkeys or snow leopards.
Yes, it is anti-religious, but only by making all religion out to be a conspiracy of totalitarian soul-stealers. Who isn't opposed to that?
But, you know, most fantasy literature is intended to invoke in some way the medieval or ancient past, and since that past was divided into aristocrats and peasants, class divisions are hard to avoid.
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How is His Dark Materials anti-establishment? I think it is the most aristocratic book I ever read. Not only are there aristocrats and servants, but you can tell people's class just by looking at their animalian soul partners: servants have dogs, cool people have golden monkeys or snow leopards.
Yes, it is anti-religious, but only by making all religion out to be a conspiracy of totalitarian soul-stealers. Who isn't opposed to that?
But, you know, most fantasy literature is intended to invoke in some way the medieval or ancient past, and since that past was divided into aristocrats and peasants, class divisions are hard to avoid.