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James Wakefield - The Political Theology of Dune

Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour

CHAPTER

Environmental Ethics

Malthus is a character in the novel June. The author says he was inspired by Emerson's essay on farming and fertility. He argues that Malthus forgets the ramping up of the means of production that technology allows. It would take several generations to solve this problem, as we see with Malphus.

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