Call for Abstracts: Dune and Philosophy

Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross-posting. Call for Abstracts Dune and Philosophy Edited by Kevin S. Decker The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series To propose ideas for future volumes in the Blackwell series please contact the Series Editor, William Irwin, at williamirwin@kings.edu The Dune series of books is often compared to The…

What is the Purpose of the Hero?

What is the Purpose of the Hero? Age of Ultron, Dune, Batman, and Nietzsche By Jeffery L. Nicholas Age of Ultron asks one of those ultimate meta-questions: what is the purpose of the hero? I suspect that Captain America: Civil War will center on this question, but we get the first glimpse in AoU. Tony…