Given that Dune is now back in the zeitgeist, it seems a good time to bring back this essay I wrote which demonstrates the ways in which Dune's construction of the Fremen follows on a set of literally ancient tropes about the 'barbarian' other:https://acoup.blog/2020/02/21/collections-the-fremen-mirage-interlude-ways-of-the-fremen/ …
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Tangential: have you seen this essay by
@hdernity ? "as a Muslim reader, I have long maintained that the Muslim influences go deeper than many may have realized"https://www.tor.com/2021/10/18/the-muslimness-of-dune-a-close-reading-of-appendix-ii-the-religion-of-dune/#more-666569 …Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Thx for the great blog series! About the Fremen Mirage: have you ever discussed the 'reverse' hypothesis that hunter&gatherers were mostly peaceful tribes, and what made them violent was agriculture in that it pushed them in harder conditions where survival was difficult?
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What are some known facts about pre-agricultural violence (inter & intra), what are likely facts, and on what there's absolutely no consensus among scholars?
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