Essays about: "Frank Herbert"
Found 3 essays containing the words Frank Herbert.
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1. Fiction to Face Fact : A Critical Reading of Frank Herbert’s The White Plague on the Premise of a Pedagogy of Discomfort
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälleAbstract : The following essay explores the connection between pandemic dystopian fiction and a pedagogy of discomfort through a critical reading of The White Plague by Frank Herbert. It is advocated in this essay that a critical reading of the novel can give rise to uncomfortable topics related to living in a pandemic reality, which in turn can be incorporated in an ESL setting to encourage critical inquiry and action. READ MORE
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2. The Human Non-Human Boundary in 'Dune' – An Ontological Reading through a Comparative Nietzschean and Transhuman Framework
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : In Frank Herbert’s Dune Saga, we find a transhumanist and Nietzschean argument about the evolution of humans achieved as a result of the triggering effect of the Butlerian Jihad against thinking machines. I claim that the metamorphoses of the selected characters reflect the central tenants of the transformation of Nietzsche’s overhuman, or transhumanism’s posthuman. READ MORE
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3. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE