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Hobbes and Rousseau in Dune
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One could argue that Frank Herbert's Dune is an attempt to wrestle with the ideas of Hobbes and Rousseau when it comes to governing. Can government successfully intertwine the consent of the governed with an absolute central authority? Dune may have some unexpected answers for us.
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