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Summary

《沙丘》故事设定在遥远的未来，描述了阿特雷伊斯家族在沙漠星球阿拉基斯的统治与复仇。香料作为星际旅行的关键资源，控制它即控制政治权力。故事通过主人公保罗的经历，探讨了生态危机、帝国主义、技术封建主义以及跨物种联盟等深刻主题，展现了人类与自然、资源、权力之间错综复杂的关系。

Takeaways

• 🌟 故事背景设定在一万年后的世界，描述了阿特雷伊德家族在接到皇帝命令后，负责接管沙漠星球阿拉基斯，但最终被皇帝的军团和哈肯南家族所灭。
• 🛸 阿拉基斯星球的香料是星际旅行的关键资源，控制香料即控制政治权力，哈肯南家族垄断了当地的香料资源长达80年。
• 🐉 沙虫是阿拉基斯星球的原生生物，其分泌物是香料的来源，沙虫可以吞噬一切，包括人类。
• 🔮 香料不仅仅是星际旅行的燃料，还能扩展人的感官知觉，保罗在意外吸入香料后开始体验幻觉，看到过去和未来。
• 🌍 香料和石油一样，都是潜在资源，需要通过勘探技术才能发现，它们的存在改变了全球能源政治和当地居民的生活。
• 🌿 作者弗兰克·赫伯特通过《沙丘》一书在1965年就警告世界即将到来的生态危机，同时也激发了美国社会对太空殖民的想象。
• 🏜️ 故事中的弗瑞曼人代表了一种与自然和谐共生的生态意识，他们的社区意识和互助精神是他们文化的核心。
• 📚 弗瑞曼人的生活方式和社区意识受到了阿拉伯哲学家伊本·赫勒敦的影响，他认为游牧民族在极端环境中容易形成强烈的社区意识。
• 🌐 《沙丘》中的人文史观体现了伊本·赫勒敦的历史哲学，即人类历史是对社区意识的肯定与否定的永恒循环。
• 🤴 保罗的革命口号“战士永存”(YA HYA CHOUHADA)反映了当时阿尔及利亚独立战争的反殖民主义情绪。
• 🌿 沙丘中的“神圣生态学”展示了自然界的自主性和人类与自然之间的相互依存关系，这与帝国的生态学形成鲜明对比。

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Outlines

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🌵《沙丘》：香料之战与生态危机

《沙丘》故事设定在1万年后的宇宙，描述了亚崔迪斯家族在接到皇帝命令后，接管沙漠星球阿拉基斯，这颗星球原本由哈肯能家族统治。亚崔迪斯家族在接管后遭到皇帝军团和哈肯能家族的灭绝。主人公保罗和他的母亲杰西卡幸存下来，加入了阿拉基斯的土著民族弗瑞曼人，开始了一段王子复仇记。故事中，阿拉基斯的香料是星际旅行的关键资源，控制香料即控制政治权力。哈肯能家族垄断了当地的香料资源长达80年，比皇帝还要富有，但经常遭遇当地弗瑞曼人的抵抗。香料和石油一样，都是潜在的资源，必须通过勘探技术才能发现。这种资源的随机分布和不可预测性，使得每次新油田的发现都会带来全球能源政治的变化，同时也会给当地居民带来灾难。《沙丘》通过香料和石油的比较，探讨了人类与超物体的关系，以及人类如何与生态环境融为一体。

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🏜️ 弗瑞曼人的社会与文明循环

《沙丘》中的弗瑞曼人代表了一种平等和互助的社区意识，这种意识被称为Asabiyyah。作者弗兰克·赫伯特从阿拉伯哲学家伊本·赫勒顿的思想中获得灵感，认为游牧民族在极端环境中容易形成社区意识。然而，随着城市的繁荣和帝国的扩张，阶级和不平等开始出现。为了避免外族入侵，国家必须征税和建立军队，导致人民生活困苦，积怨深重。这时，另一群拥有社区意识的游牧民族可以攻击城市，推翻前王朝。《沙丘》的主人公保罗原本生活在城市文明中，后来加入弗瑞曼人的游牧生活，学习Asabiyyah的社区意识，并最终用这种社区意识号召革命，推翻腐败的哈肯能家族。但当弗瑞曼人掌权后，他们也开始受到城市生活的腐蚀，建立新帝国，失去了原有的社区平等意识。《沙丘》通过这一循环，体现了伊本·赫勒顿的历史哲学，即人类历史是Asabiyyah肯定与否定的永恒循环。

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🌿 神圣生态学与帝国的对抗

《沙丘》中的生态学与帝国的生态学形成鲜明对比。作者曾与北美洲的土著民族奎勒特人共同生活，学习他们如何捕鱼和识别不同的植物和鱼类。这种知识启发他创作了《沙虫的神圣生态学》。在《沙丘》中，沙虫是非人类角色，是各方争夺的中心。沙虫的力量是反帝国战争的主要前线力量。弗瑞曼人会调整他们的行动模式，以避免打扰沙虫，而马里安仪式则依赖于微小沙虫分泌的液体。当人类消费沙虫液体时，将进化成新人，新的感觉能力出现。沙虫、香料、生命之水、人类形成了一种多物种联盟。《沙丘》通过这种联盟，展示了人类自身是由多种来源混合而成的。保罗的存在本身就是一种混合，他虽然是男性，却获得了女性在姐妹会中独有的能力，并饮用了只有女性才能饮用的生命之水。在《沙丘》的续集中，保罗和查尼的儿子甚至与沙虫合为一体，成为一种新的混合生物。这将我们从神圣生态学带到了共生生态学的概念。

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🤝 跨物种联盟与生态抵抗

《沙丘》中的弗瑞曼人与周围生态环境形成了一种跨物种联盟。沙虫是反帝国战争的主要前线力量，弗瑞曼人会调整他们的行动模式以避免打扰沙虫。马里安仪式依赖于微小沙虫分泌的液体。当人类消费沙虫液体时，将进化成新人，新的感觉能力出现。沙虫、香料、生命之水、人类形成了一种多物种联盟。这种联盟展示了人类自身是由多种来源混合而成的。保罗的存在本身就是一种混合，他虽然是男性，却获得了女性在姐妹会中独有的能力，并饮用了只有女性才能饮用的生命之水。在《沙丘》的续集中，保罗和查尼的儿子甚至与沙虫合为一体，成为一种新的混合生物。这表明，无论资本主义给人类历史带来多少废墟，跨物种联盟的力量将继续出现，为我们的想象开辟空间，教会我们如何与各种生命形式共存并形成联盟，以在资本主义将我们的星球变成废墟之前，用跨物种联盟拆除帝国。

Keywords

💡Dune

《沙丘》是一部描述未来世界的科幻小说，故事发生在一万年后，主要讲述了阿特雷伊斯家族在沙漠星球阿拉基斯上的遭遇。这部作品通过丰富的想象力探讨了政治、生态和人类发展等深刻主题。

💡香料

在《沙丘》中，香料是一种关键资源，对于星际旅行至关重要。它类似于现实世界中的石油，控制香料就意味着掌握了政治权力。香料的开采和控制是故事中各方势力争夺的焦点。

💡沙虫

沙虫是《沙丘》中的一种巨大生物，它们生活在沙漠中，是香料的主要来源。沙虫不仅是生态系统中的关键物种，还在故事中扮演着重要角色，与弗瑞曼人有着深厚的文化和宗教联系。

💡弗瑞曼人

弗瑞曼人是《沙丘》中阿拉基斯星球的土著居民，他们适应了恶劣的沙漠环境，并发展出了独特的文化和社会结构。弗瑞曼人在故事中是抵抗外来统治和争取自由的象征。

💡生态无知

生态无知指的是对生态环境缺乏理解和尊重的态度，这在《沙丘》中通过帝国统治者对阿拉基斯星球的开采和管理行为得到体现。他们忽视了生态平衡和可持续发展，导致了严重的生态灾难。

💡超对象

超对象是生态哲学家蒂莫西·莫顿提出的一个概念，指的是那些分布随机、难以在时空中定位的大型物体，如石油和香料。这些物体的存在超越了传统物体的概念，它们对环境和人类社会有着深远的影响。

💡帝国

在《沙丘》中，帝国是指由皇帝和家族统治的政治体系，它控制着星际旅行和资源分配。帝国的存在反映了权力集中和封建制度的特点，同时也揭示了对资源的控制如何影响整个社会的权力结构。

💡阿特雷伊斯家族

阿特雷伊斯家族是《沙丘》中的主要家族之一，他们原本统治着卡拉丹星球，后被皇帝命令接管阿拉基斯。家族的命运和故事的发展紧密相连，体现了权力斗争和生存挑战。

💡生态哲学

生态哲学是一种探讨人与自然关系的哲学思想，它强调生态系统的整体性和相互依存性。在《沙丘》中，生态哲学体现在对香料开采、沙虫生态和弗瑞曼人生活方式的描述中，这些元素共同构成了作品的生态视角。

💡Asabiyyah

Asabiyyah是阿拉伯哲学家伊本·赫勒敦提出的一个概念，指的是部落或社区成员之间的团结和凝聚力。在《沙丘》中，弗瑞曼人的生活方式和他们的社区意识体现了Asabiyyah的精神。

💡生态灾难

生态灾难是指由于人类活动或自然事件导致的对生态系统造成严重破坏的现象。在《沙丘》中，生态灾难体现在对阿拉基斯星球的过度开采和对环境的破坏上，这些行为最终导致了政治和社会的动荡。

Highlights

《沙丘》故事描述了一万年后的世界，阿特雷伊斯家族在沙漠星球阿拉基斯上接受皇帝的命令，负责接管原本由哈肯能家族统治的星球。

阿特雷伊斯家族在接管后被皇帝的军团和哈肯能家族所灭绝，但主角保罗和他的母亲杰西卡幸存下来，加入了阿拉基斯的土著民族弗瑞曼人，开始了王子的复仇故事。

阿拉基斯星球上的香料是星际旅行的关键资源，控制香料即控制了政治权力。

哈肯能家族垄断了当地香料沉积物长达80年，比皇帝还要富有，但经常遇到当地弗瑞曼人的抵抗。

《沙丘》中的香料类似于当今世界的石油，都是潜在的产品，必须通过勘探技术才能发现。

香料和石油都是生态哲学家蒂莫西·莫顿所说的“超对象”，它们的分布是随机和不可预测的，不能在时间和空间中定位。

超对象的存在提醒我们，人类不能置身于生态环境之外，它们可以进入人体并成为人体的一部分。

《沙丘》的作者弗兰克·赫伯特在1965年写作，以警告世界即将到来的生态危机。

《沙丘》中的弗瑞曼人代表了一种社区意识，他们生活在极端环境中，容易发展出平等互助的生活方式。

《沙丘》的故事体现了伊本·赫勒敦的历史哲学，人类历史是阿萨比亚的肯定与否定的永恒循环。

《沙丘》中的沙虫是非人类角色，是各方斗争的中心力量，而人类处于被动角色。

《沙丘》中的生态学与帝国的生态学形成鲜明对比，不再是将沙漠香料作为资源开发，而是利用自然中的神性来对抗帝国的奴役。

《沙丘》中的弗瑞曼人与周围生态环境形成了一种跨物种联盟，沙虫成为反帝国战争的主要前线力量。

《沙丘》不仅强调物种间的多样性联盟，还暗示了人类本身是多种来源的混合体。

《沙丘》中的主角保罗是一个混合体的存在，他获得了女性姐妹会独有的能力，甚至饮用了只有女性才能饮用的生命之水。

《沙丘》中的多物种共生进化展示了人类通过跨物种相遇、感染和共存进化至今。

《沙丘》的故事结构与《阿凡达》相似，都是外国白人压迫者原本有殖民计划，但意外闯入当地土著社会后，被当地文化转化，领导被压迫者抵抗殖民政权。

《沙丘》中的弗瑞曼人被故意设定为阿拉伯人，这是因为那个时代许多重要的反殖民斗争都发生在伊斯兰国家。

《沙丘》的作者弗兰克·赫伯特曾与北美洲的土著人民奎勒特人生活在一起，这段经历启发他写下了沙虫的神圣生态学。

《沙丘》中的生态启示是，人类如何在资本主义的废墟中生存，找到生活的可能性，如何在沙漠中再次找到绿洲。

《沙丘》展示了人类通过跨物种联盟的力量，继续在历史上留下痕迹，无论资本主义给人类历史带来多少废墟。

Transcripts

Today’s We're going to talk about

Dune story describes the world 10,000 years from now

The Atreides family on Caledan received the emperor's order

Responsible for taking over the desert planet Arrakis, originally ruled by the Harkennen family.

But after taking over

However, they were exterminated by the Emperor's Legion and the Hakenen Family.

The protagonist Paul and his mother Jessica survived

Joined the society of the Fremen, the native people of Arrakis.

Start a prince's revenge story

story begins

We saw the spice fight on Arrakis

Spices are a key resource for interstellar travel

Whoever controls it controls political power

The Hakenen family has monopolized local spice deposits for 80 years

Wealthier than the Emperor

But they often encountered resistance from the local Fremen.

Spices in "Dune" are like oil in today's world

Both spices and petroleum have one characteristic

They are all potential products

Spices derived from sandworm secretions

Sandworms Can Eat People, Trucks, Everything

The secreted excrement turns into spices

in other words

Spices are actually the bones eaten by sandworms

The same oil is also the skeleton of prehistoric creatures

The result of millions of years of high-pressure deformation underground

But spices and oil are both potential resources

It must be found through exploration technology

This makes spices and petroleum what eco-philosopher Timothy Morton calls “hyperobjects.”

Different from traditional natural objects

Forests and oceans are there to be seen, exploited, and used

The distribution of hyperobjects is random and unpredictable

Cannot be positioned in time and space

So every time a new oil field is discovered

Will bring about changes in global energy politics

It will also bring disaster to local residents

The 2010 oil spill occurred on a BP oil drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico.

CEO Tony Hayward said:

Compared to the vast Gulf of Mexico

Oil leakage is relatively small

Nature will absorb it on its own

This is the limit encountered when thinking about oil using traditional object concepts.

Because oil, as a super object, will not just stay in the Gulf of Mexico.

Hyperobjects can be scattered randomly

Contaminating humans and non-humans

Residents near Gulf of Mexico after oil spill

Visual lesions begin to occur

Like in Dune

Fremen's eyes turned blue after being exposed to the spiced air for too long.

The existence of super objects reminds us that humans cannot be outside the ecological environment

Just the opposite

Super objects can enter the human body and become part of the human body

Spices are more than just fuel for interstellar travel

Can also be used to expand sensory perception

After Paul inhaled spices in an accident

Begin to experience illusions, see the past and the future

same

Plastics made from petroleum are discarded into the ocean

Turns into plastic particles and is eaten by marine life

Seafood finally enters the human stomach again

We thought oil was out there

But oil is actually in our stomachs

We have long been integrated with super objects

So we can no longer talk about "the surrounding ecological environment"

Because we are the ecology

ironnically

Author Frank Herbert wrote "Dune" in 1965

To warn the world of the coming ecological crisis

But after the publication of "Dune"

But it triggered the imagination of American society about colonizing space.

NASA's moon landing plan

Part of it was inspired by "Dune"

Trying to find mineral deposits on the moon

Also during the same period

In the 1960s, Saudi Arabia began to exploit large quantities of oil.

At that time, climate scientists had already discovered that oil causes warming

But petrochemical companies, in order to make profits

Turn a blind eye to these reports

This "imperial economy" and "imperial ecological ignorance" are clearly revealed in "Dune"

During the first spice prospecting operation

The new Atreides don't know how the crew works in the desert

Didn’t know that spices are actually the excrement of sandworms?

I didn’t know that traveling in the desert would attract sandworms.

Instead, one must learn from Imperial ecologist Kynes

Reliance on Dr Kynes highlights the ecological ignorance of the empire’s rulers

in the original novel

Dr. Kynes even clearly stated

Let Arrakis be restored to green space

Only 3% of green plants that can form carbon compounds need to be maintained

You can create a self-sufficient ecological cycle system

Just like today's petrochemical industry

Deliberately delaying green energy policies

The green space restoration plan in "Dune" was also blocked by the Spice Empire

The Atreides originally wanted to use the Fremen's ecological knowledge

But after being exterminated

Paul and Jessica were exiled to the desert

Accidentally joined the Fremen group

The first is to accept the challenge from the Fremen and fight until one party dies.

But joining a group does not mean becoming a true Fremen.

it's here

We see the key to becoming a Fremen

It is to develop a sense of equality with group members

at this point

Dune author Frank Herbert was actually inspired by the Arab philosopher Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun believed that nomads lived in extreme environments

Easily develop community consciousness Asabiyyah

Live a life of equality and mutual help

But there will always be a few people in the group who desire power and wealth.

These people will take advantage of group consciousness

Calling on people to leave nomadic life

settle in other areas

Build countries and cities

This is the origin of civilization

But after the city became prosperous,

will expand into an empire

Classes and inequality begin to emerge

In order to avoid being invaded by foreigners

The country must collect taxes and build an army

As a result, the people are in dire straits and resentment abounds.

The sense of community on which the founders relied has disappeared

At this time, another group of nomads with a sense of community can attack the city.

Overthrow the previous dynasty

So the Germanic barbarians attacked the Roman Empire

Mongols attack the Arab Empire

The entire history of human civilization repeats this cycle over and over again

In "Dune"

The male protagonist originally lived a settled life

Enjoy the prosperity of urban civilization

Serve as royal heir

Later, he left civilized society

Join the nomadic life of the Fremen

Just started to learn the sense of equal community Asabiyyah

Finally, we use this sense of community to call for revolution

Overthrow the corrupt Harkennen family

But when the Fremen came to power

They also began to be corrupted by urban life

Build a new empire

Lost the original sense of community equality

The story of "Dune" seems to embody Ibn Khaldun's historical philosophy

Human history is an eternal cycle of affirmation and denial of Asabiyyah

Paul’s slogan when calling for revolution

In the original work it was in Arabic

YA HYA CHOUHADA (Warriors live forever)

This was actually during the Algerian War of Independence

Slogans against France

This war took place three years before Dune was published

The original author Frank Herbert deliberately quoted this sentence

The Fremen in Dune were also deliberately set to be Arabs.

It was because of the many important anti-colonial struggles of that era that

All happened in Islamic countries

But in the movie version

The war led by Paul

But it molds the Islamic people into superstitious people

A jihadist organization without initiative

Just passively worship the white savior

This was criticized by many Arab film critics as a typical Hollywood method of vilifying Islam.

In this regard, "Dune" has the same story structure as "Avatar"

They were all foreign white oppressors who originally had colonial plans.

But after accidentally breaking into the local aboriginal society,

transformed by local culture

Lead the oppressed to resist the colonial regime

As if the oppressed cannot spontaneously resist

Obviously the Fremen themselves know how to ride sandworms

Why wait until Paul shows up?

Only then can he lead them to fight a holy war?

But the difference between "Dune" and "Avatar" is that

Exposes all colonial regimes when they spread superstition

Everyone will see through it

The heroine Chani saw through the sisterhood's plan from the very beginning.

Therefore, the subjectivity of the ruled is partially preserved

But in the imperial struggle of Dune

In fact, the key force is neither the Atreides nor the Fremen.

But the non-human character Sandworm

The power of the sandworm is the center of the struggle between all parties.

Instead, people are in a passive role

The Hakenen family is ordered by the sisterhood

Jessica’s descendants must be left behind

So trying to harness the power of sandworms

Let Paul and Jessica die "naturally"

Paul of House Atreides must pass the sandworm ritual

Only then can you truly become a member of the Fremen

Imperial ecologist Kynes summoned sandworms and enemy troops to their deaths.

Demonstrated the Fremen's sandworm faith before dying.

it's here

We see what ecologist Fikret Berkes calls "sacred ecology"

"Cultural key species" exist in many Aboriginal societies

To perform a key function in an ecosystem and thus be endowed with human or sacred qualities

For example, the Cree people in eastern Canada believe that

Animals know what humans are thinking

If the hunter shows sincerity and respect

Only animals are willing to dedicate themselves

So the success or failure of hunting does not depend on the hunter

It depends on whether the animal wants to hunt for you

Hunters who don’t believe in this set of ethics will eventually return empty-handed.

So a good hunter is not because he has superb skills

But because he understands the ethics of reciprocity

In the movie "Journey to Suzuya"

Makoto Shinkai made a sacred ecological interpretation of Japan’s 311 earthquake

The power of earthquakes comes from earthworms in the world of the dead

This earthworm, like the sandworm, has no individual will.

Just an expression of the impulse of natural forces

Nature has its own spirituality

The bridge between the sacred world and the human world is the dream

This explains why many Aboriginal societies place a high value on dreams

When an Anishinaabe elder in Canada was asked how he knew about herbal medicine

He said he saw a vision in his dream

Dreamed that a bear came and gave him a certain plant

Tell him how to prepare the herbs

Knowledge was not invented by humans themselves

Rather, spiritual animals are passed down to humans.

Minister, have you been leading us to the place where the door opens?

All the time

In the early days, this kind of sacred ecology was regarded as superstitious and backward.

Until the past 20 years

It was only discovered by scholars that it is a key species with ecological functions.

The author of Dune once lived with the Quileute people, the indigenous people of North America.

Teach him how to fish and identify different plants and fish

It was this knowledge that inspired him to write The Sacred Ecology of the Sandworm

In these examples

We all see that nature has autonomy independent of man

This sacred ecology contrasts precisely with the ecology of empire

No longer exploit desert spices as resources

Instead, use the divinity in nature to fight against the enslavement of the empire.

etc.

What exactly is an empire?

In "Dune"

Each planet's empire is ruled by a family

But why ten thousand years in the future?

Human society will return to the feudal system

Controlled by the emperor and family empire?

Economist Yanis Varoufakis predicts

Our current capitalism is beginning to turn into "technological feudalism"

Global wealth is controlled by a handful of tech capitalists

in the near future

The resources of human society will be controlled by a few families

Zuckerberg family, Bill Gates family, Musk family

Capitalism will turn into a battle for the market between several big clans

on the other hand

The empire depicted in "Dune" is a planet in outer space colonized by a few families.

Humanity has nowhere to escape

Philosophers Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri believe that

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the Internet

Global capitalism becomes an empire without an external

Unlike in the past, capitalism had an imperial center

There is also an external resistance to the empire

Today’s capitalism is completely decentralized

Not attached to any stable workplace

Taking cases online allows people to become workers at any time and place

Online payment allows people to become consumers at any time and place

Today’s workers are like nomads

Make money wherever there are short-term contracts

In "Dune"

Paul was forced from a feudal empire to a nomadic life

It's like the capitalists who control the resources suddenly become the working class

But this identity change happened to allow Paul to change his perspective.

See how the Empire's development and warfare can turn a planet into a ruin

How can a few who monopolize resources make the majority bear the consequences of ecological disasters?

Thus

The dunes become a cautionary tale

How do contemporary people survive in the ruins of capitalism?

find the possibility of living

How to find the oasis again in the dunes?

Anthropologist Anna Tsing discovered

After the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima, Japan in 1945

A new life emerged from the ruins

Matsutake

The United States allowed legal deforestation after World War II

Logging companies destroy forest diversity on a massive scale

Plan to replicate high-priced tree species fails

But after the logging companies left

Something magical happened

Matsutake mushrooms start growing on abandoned land in Oregon

Matsutake-loving Japanese invest millions

Spent decades researching how to artificially cultivate matsutake mushrooms

Still can't find the answer

Why after the ecological disaster of capitalism

But the matsutake mushrooms grew again and again

Scientists discovered

This is because of the growth of matsutake mushrooms

Relying on multi-species symbiotic relationships

Matsutake mushrooms need to live on pine trees

Pine trees need mycorrhizal fungi to supply each other with nutrients

The pine tree must be passed down to the next generation

and need to attract birds to assist in sowing

This whole set of cross-species relationships

evolved together over the past tens of millions of years

But capitalism cannot see multi-species symbiosis

Just want quick financial returns

As a result, it was impossible to cultivate matsutake mushrooms.

Matsutake thus presents a set of possibilities for resisting the Empire

Resisting the logic of capital with cross-species alliances

Just like in the movie "I Am Legend"

The protagonist and his ally German Shepherd Sam

Fight zombies together in the apocalypse

Save human civilization from destruction

And in "Avatar"

The war against mining companies is about to fail miserably

Various species on the planet Avatar join the fray

Join forces to fight against the invasion of the capital empire

And in "Dune"

The Fremen and the surrounding ecological environment are a kind of cross-species alliance.

Sandworms are the main frontline force leading the anti-imperial war

Fremen will adjust their movement patterns to avoid disturbing the sandworms.

And the Marian ritual relies on the fluid secreted by tiny sandworms

When humans consume sandworm fluids

Will evolve into a new person

New sensory abilities emerge

Sandworms, spices, water of life, humans

This multi-species alliance

What makes Dune different from other eco-apocalyptic movies

The ecological apocalypse in "Mad Max"

It’s a fight for water resources

There is no subjectivity in other species

Ecological apocalypse in "Blade Runner"

It means giving way to artificial humans.

Questioning the reality of nature

But "Dune" doesn't just emphasize diverse alliances between species

It also implies that humans themselves are a mixture of multiple sources.

Paul's very existence is a hybrid

Paul is a male but has acquired abilities that are exclusive to women in the sorority.

And drank the water of life that only women can drink

In God Emperor of Dune, the sequel to Episode IV of Dune

The son born to Paul and Chani will even become one with the sandworm.

become a new hybrid creature

This takes us from "sacred ecology" to "symbiotic ecology"

Philosopher Donna Haraway pointed out

The structure of human life itself is a symbiotic system (sympoiesis) left by cross-species encounters.

Instead of human ancestors adapting to the environment and evolving step by step on their own, they built themselves

For example, human mitochondria

In fact, it is ancient aerobic bacteria that live in cells and form a mutually beneficial symbiosis.

were not excluded during the evolution process

Instead, they stay in the cell and evolve together.

Or maybe human lungs are actually homologous to fish fat?

But people have forgotten that they are part of the fish

Human DNA also contains the codes of many foreign viruses (accounting for 8%)

Just like Paul in "Dune", he is a diverse hybrid existence

Human beings have evolved to this day through cross-species encounters, infection, and coexistence.

So humans are actually more like symbionts assembled by a group of species.

Mixed with various bacteria and viruses from ancient times

No matter how many ruins capitalism has brought to human history

The power of cross-species alliances will continue to emerge

Matsutake and pine trees

Sandworms and Fremen

And the multi-species symbiotic evolution in humans

They all open up space for our imagination.

Realize that you are a cross-species being

Learn how to coexist and form alliances with various life forms

Before capitalism turns our planet into rubble

Dismantle empires with cross-species alliances