30/05/2023

Media appearances

J.R.R. Tolkien and Imre Makovecz: Those Who Wage War Against the Death of God

Article by our visiting fellow, Wael Taji Miller

'J.R.R. Tolkien was an author, and Imre Makovecz was an architect. But while they may be divided by their crafts, the two men were, I argue, united in spirit. Both Tolkien and Makovecz saw in the modern world that something had gone awry; that something had been lost. Both figures knew that they could not resurrect the dead, or bring the long-lost past back to life, but they could reimagine it in a way particular to them and the unique talents they possessed.'