The council of Elrond is a special session of diplomacy for recognized stakeholders. But Ents, as you mention are not really a state, and though they play a pivotal role in events, neither they, nor for that matter Rohan, are invited to the council. Four of those present at the council of Elrond are Hobbits, small minor actors who only end up more or less by accident, and because of the Baggins family relation to the one ring. I wonder if there are any even impromptu councils of international law in which "Baggins....Shire" would have such a voice in our world. Tolkien's famous comment about the difference between the mid-twentieth century decades which saw World War II: "if it were based on [the 1940s] the ring would almost certainly have been used. Both sides would have held Hobbits in contempt, and they would not have survived long even as slaves." And I think that is an important characteristic of the mid-twentieth world and worldview from 1939, to 1945 and even 1948. More like Boromir than Gandalf, they had a willingness to use the ring, and a contempt for hobbits
The council of Elrond is a special session of diplomacy for recognized stakeholders. But Ents, as you mention are not really a state, and though they play a pivotal role in events, neither they, nor for that matter Rohan, are invited to the council.
Four of those present at the council of Elrond are Hobbits, small minor actors who only end up more or less by accident, and because of the Baggins family relation to the one ring. I wonder if there are any even impromptu councils of international law in which "Baggins....Shire" would have such a voice in our world.
Tolkien's famous comment about the difference between the mid-twentieth century decades which saw World War II: "if it were based on [the 1940s] the ring would almost certainly have been used. Both sides would have held Hobbits in contempt, and they would not have survived long even as slaves." And I think that is an important characteristic of the mid-twentieth world and worldview from 1939, to 1945 and even 1948. More like Boromir than Gandalf, they had a willingness to use the ring, and a contempt for hobbits
What a great lecture! Can I get some contact details for the professor for possible future cooperation? Thank you