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I would not say that Jihad was used casually in Dune. But when you read only the first part it looks like the hero is promoting Jihad as something good. When th

• SideburnsOfDoom 3y ago
  > I think the studio (execs) just were afraid of having a blockbuster with a hero that promotes Jihad. Agreed, they will use an different equivalent term such as "holy war" for the reasons given above. The meaning of that fictional cataclysm is not casual, but the word choice in Dune the 1965 novel, using an unfamiliar middle-eastern term for it, I think was. These are separate things, and I refer you again to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinctio...
• dragonwriter 3y ago
  > I think the studio (execs) just were afraid of having a blockbuster with a hero that promotes Jihad. Dune has a hero? Paul is a hero?
  • resolutebat 3y ago
    Yes? In the first book, the Harkonnens and the Empire are cartoon character evil and Paul and the Atreides are cartoon character good guys. Things only get more complicated later in the story.
    • int_19h 3y ago
      Paul is already very uncomfortable with the role he has to play in the first book - first the whole part where he and his mother (ab)use a religious prophecy deliberately planted in the Fremen culture for their own needs, and then the part where he turns said culture into fanatical warriors. He already dreams of what is about to come in the next book.