Dune

Dune

by

Frank Herbert

Butlerian Jihad Term Analysis

Humankind’s epic crusade against, and ultimate triumph over, computers and thinking machines (intelligent and sentient machines that were created in the form of a human mind).

Butlerian Jihad Quotes in Dune

The Dune quotes below are all either spoken by Butlerian Jihad or refer to Butlerian Jihad. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 2, Part 2 Quotes

And Paul, walking behind Chani, felt that a vital moment had passed him, that he had missed an essential decision and was now caught up in his own myth. He knew he had seen this place before, experienced it in a fragment of prescient dream on faraway Caladan, but details of the place were being filled in now that he had not seen. He felt a new sense of wonder at the limits of his gift. It was as though rode within the wave of time, sometimes in its trough, sometimes on a crest—and all around him the other waves lifted and fell, revealing and then hiding what they bore on their surface.

And through it all, the wild jihad still loomed ahead of him, the violence and the slaughter.

Related Characters: Paul Atreides / Muad’Dib, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Chani Kynes
Page Number: 518
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Book 3, Part 3 Quotes

“When religion and politics travel in the same cart, the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement becomes headlong—faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it’s too late.”

Related Characters: Lady Jessica (speaker), Paul Atreides / Muad’Dib
Page Number: 620
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Butlerian Jihad Term Timeline in Dune

The timeline below shows where the term Butlerian Jihad appears in Dune. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Appendix II
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The Butlerian Jihad is one of the most significant events in the Imperium’s history. It was sparked by... (full context)
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...was producing a book in its efforts to prevent a religious crusade such as the Butlerian Jihad from occurring again. However, their statement that “We are producing an instrument of Love to... (full context)