Dune and Philosophy: Minds, Monads, and Muad'Dib

ISBN-13: 9781119841395 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 272 str.

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Contibutors: Navigators, Mentats, Fremen, and Bene Gesserit viiiIntroduction: "He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe" xivKevin S. DeckerA Brief Dune Series Timeline xviiiSongs of Muad'Dib: Culture and Religion in Dune 11 Liberating Women's Bodies: Feminist Philosophy and the Bene Gesserit of Dune 3Kara Kennedy2 What Do Zendaya's Blue Eyes Really Mean? 14Edwardo Pérez3 The Golden Path and Multicultural Meanings of Life 24Ethan Mills4 Messiahs, Jihads, and God Emperors: Should Humanity Just Give Up Religion? 35Greg Littmann5 (Re)defining Masculinity and Femininity in Villeneuve's Dune 46Edwardo PérezArrakis Awakening: Science and Ecology in Dune 556 Spiritual Realm Adaptation: Arrakeen Spice, Terrestrial Psychedelics, and Technique 57A.M. Houot7 Thinking Like a Desert: Environmental Philosophy and Dune 67Zach Vereb8 Humans, Machines, and an Ethics for Technology in Dune 76Zachary PirtleThe Wisdom of Muad'Dib: Mind, Memory, and Interpretation in Dune 879 "Thou Shalt Make a Human Mind in the Likeness of a Machine": Imitation, Thinking Machines, and Mentats 89Tomi Kokkonen, Ilmari Hirvonen, and Matti Mäkikangas10 Herbert's Gholas: Mystical Legends and Scientific Inspiration 99Jennifer Mundale11 Psychological Expanses of Dune: Indigenous Philosophy, Americana, and Existentialism 108Matthew Crippen12 Thatched Cottages at Cordeville: Hegel, Heidegger, and the Death of Art in Dune 119Kevin S. DeckerThe Lens of Time: Freedom, History, and Evil in Dune 13113 Should the Bene Gesserit Be in Charge? 133Greg Littmann14 Prisoners of Prophecy: Freedom and Foreknowledge in the Dune Series 144William Peden15 Time versus History: A Conflict Central to Herbert's Dune 153Aaron IrvinThe Humanity of Muad'Dib: Morality and Ethics in Dune 16316 Secher Nbiw and the Child's Right to an Open Future 165Kenneth R. Pike17 The Spice of Life: Hedonism and Nozick in the Dune Universe 173Luke Hillman18 "Less Than a God, More Than a Man": Is It Morally Wrong to Make a Kwisatz Haderach? 179Alexandru Dragomir19 That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Shai-Hulud: Self-overcoming in Nietzsche, Hinduism, and Dune 189Steve BeinLessons of the Great Revolt: Politics and War in Dune 19920 The God Emperor and the Tyrant: The Political Theology of Frank Herbert's Dune Saga 201James R.M. Wakefield21 Lessons from Islamic Philosophy on the Politics of Paul Atreides 211Galipcan Altinkaya and Mehmet Kuyurtar22 Why Settle for Hobbes's Sovereign When You Could Have a God Emperor? 221R.S. Leiby23 The Mind at War: Conflict and Cognition in Frank Herbert's Dune 229Sam ForsytheIndex 239

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KEVIN S. DECKER is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Washington University near Spokane, Washington. He is the co-editor (with Jason T. Eberl) of The Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy and The Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy and editor or co-editor of eight other anthologies of popular culture and philosophy. His book Who is Who? The Philosophy of Doctor Who was published by I.B. Tauris in 2013.