{"product_id":"dune-and-philosophy-isbn-9781119841395","title":"Dune and Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplore the universe of Frank Herbert’s Dune in all its philosophical richness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He who controls the spice controls the universe.” Frank Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eDune \u003c\/i\u003esaga is the epic story of Paul, son of Duke Leto Atreides, and heir to the massive fortune promised by the desert planet Arrakis and its vast reservoirs of a drug called “spice.” To control the spice, Paul and his mother Jessica, a devotee of the pseudo-religious Bene Gesserit order, must find their place in the culture of the desert-dwelling Fremen of Arrakis. Paul must contend with both the devious rival House Harkonnen and the gargantuan desert sandworms—the source of the spice. The future of the Imperium depends upon one young man who will need to lead a new jihad to control the universe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDune and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003erecruits 23 philosophers to sift wisdom from Frank Herbert’s Duniverse\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eincluding the first of an expected series of films following Paul “Muad’Dib” Atreides and his descendants, captivatingly brought to the big screen by Denis Villeneuve in 2021. Part of the New Wave of science fiction of the 60s and 70s, \u003ci\u003eDune \u003c\/i\u003eis characterized by literary experimentation with shifting styles, differing narrative points of view, and with the “psychedelic” culture of the period. In \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e, the long-term strategies and intricate plots of warring Great Houses are driven not just by Heighliner spacecraft and lasguns, but also by mind-expanding drugs, psychic powers, dystopian themes, race memories, and martial arts allowing control of the mind and the body. Substantial yet accessible chapters address philosophical questions including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIs it morally right to create a savior? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWould interplanetary travel change human nature? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is the deeper meaning of desert ecologies? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn conflict, how can you stay light years ahead of your opponents? \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAre there some drugs we would want to be addicted to?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDoes history repeat itself?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eTens of thousands of years into an intergalactic future, can humans endure or will we sacrifice what is most important in our humanity for power, glory, religion and of course, the control of the spice? \u003ci\u003eDune and Philosophy \u003c\/i\u003esets an intellectual course through sand and stars to find out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContibutors: Navigators, Mentats, Fremen, and Bene Gesserit viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: \"He Who Controls the Spice Controls the Universe\" xiv\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e Series Timeline xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSongs of Muad'Dib: Culture and Religion in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Liberating Women's Bodies: Feminist Philosophy and the Bene Gesserit of Dune 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKara Kennedy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 What Do Zendaya's Blue Eyes Really Mean? 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwardo Pérez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Golden Path and Multicultural Meanings of Life 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEthan Mills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Messiahs, Jihads, and God Emperors: Should Humanity Just Give Up Religion? 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 (Re)defining Masculinity and Femininity in Villeneuve's Dune 46\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdwardo Pérez\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArrakis Awakening: Science and Ecology in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Spiritual Realm Adaptation: Arrakeen Spice, Terrestrial Psychedelics, and Technique 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA.M. Houot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Thinking Like a Desert: Environmental Philosophy and \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZach Vereb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Humans, Machines, and an Ethics for Technology in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZachary Pirtle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wisdom of Muad'Dib: Mind, Memory, and Interpretation in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 \"Thou Shalt Make a Human Mind in the Likeness of a Machine\": Imitation, Thinking Machines, and Mentats 89\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTomi Kokkonen, Ilmari Hirvonen, and Matti Mäkikangas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Herbert's Gholas: Mystical Legends and Scientific Inspiration 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJennifer Mundale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Psychological Expanses of \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e: Indigenous Philosophy, Americana, and Existentialism 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatthew Crippen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Thatched Cottages at Cordeville: Hegel, Heidegger, and the Death of Art in Dune 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin S. Decker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Lens of Time: Freedom, History, and Evil in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 131\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Should the Bene Gesserit Be in Charge? 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Littmann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Prisoners of Prophecy: Freedom and Foreknowledge in the \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e Series 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Peden\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Time versus History: A Conflict Central to Herbert's \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron Irvin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Humanity of Muad'Dib: Morality and Ethics in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Secher Nbiw and the Child's Right to an Open Future 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth R. Pike\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Spice of Life: Hedonism and Nozick in the \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e Universe 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLuke Hillman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 \"Less Than a God, More Than a Man\": Is It Morally Wrong to Make a Kwisatz Haderach? 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexandru Dragomir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Shai-Hulud: Self-overcoming in Nietzsche, Hinduism, and \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteve Bein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLessons of the Great Revolt: Politics and War in \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 199\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The God Emperor and the Tyrant: The Political Theology of Frank Herbert's \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e Saga 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames R.M. Wakefield\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Lessons from Islamic Philosophy on the Politics of Paul Atreides 211\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalipcan Altinkaya and Mehmet Kuyurtar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Why Settle for Hobbes's Sovereign When You Could Have a God Emperor? 221\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eR.S. Leiby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Mind at War: Conflict and Cognition in Frank Herbert's \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSam Forsythe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEVIN S. DECKER\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Eastern Washington University near Spokane, Washington. He is the co-editor (with Jason T. Eberl) of \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Star Wars and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Ultimate Star Trek and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e and editor or co-editor of eight other anthologies of popular culture and philosophy. His book \u003ci\u003eWho is Who? The Philosophy of Doctor Who\u003c\/i\u003e was published by I.B. Tauris in 2013. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs it morally right to create a savior? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWould interplanetary travel change human nature?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the deeper meaning of desert ecologies?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAre there some drugs we would want to be addicted to?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoes history repeat itself?  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He who controls the spice controls the universe.” In Frank Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e saga, the future of the Imperium depends on one young man, Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto and heir to the massive fortune promised by the desert planet Arrakis and its vast reservoirs of the drug “melange.” With his mother Jessica, a devotee of the pseudo-religious Bene Gesserit order, Paul must find his place in the culture of the desert-dwelling Fremen while contending with both the devious rival House Harkonnen and the gargantuan desert sandworms—the source of the spice.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDune and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e recruits 23 philosophers to mine not spice, but wisdom from Frank Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e. Part of the New Wave of science fiction of the 60s and 70s, \u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e is characterized by literary experimentation with shifting styles, differing narrative points of view, and the “psychedelic” culture of the period. Across the “Duniverse,” including the first in an expected series of films brought to the big screen by Denis Villeneuve in 2021, the long-term strategies and intricate plots of warring Great Houses are driven not just by Heighliner spacecraft, but also by mind-expanding drugs, psychic powers, dystopian themes, race memories, and martial arts allowing control of the mind and the body.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTens of thousands of years into an intergalactic future, can humans endure, or will we sacrifice what is most important in our humanity for power, glory, religion, and of course, the control of the spice? \u003ci\u003eDune and Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e sets an intellectual course through sand and stars to find out.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo learn more about the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series, visit \u003cb\u003ewww.andphilosophy.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989090255077,"sku":"NP9781119841395","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119841395.jpg?v=1761782756","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/dune-and-philosophy-isbn-9781119841395","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}