The ParasiteInfluential philosopher Michel Serres's foundational work uses fable to explore how human relations are identical to that of the parasite to the host body. Among Serres's arguments is that by being pests, minor groups can become major players in public dialogue--creating diversity and complexity vital to human life and thought.
Michel Serres is professor in history of science at the Sorbonne, professor of Romance languages at Stanford University, and author of several books, including Genesis.
Lawrence R. Schehr is professor of French at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Cary Wolfe is Bruce and Elizabeth Dunlevie Professor of English at Rice University. His books include Zoontologies: The Question of the Animal (Minnesota, 2003). |
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... functions guards the edges , protects the doors and borders with his sword of fire , strewing death throughout the garden . In both cases , violence for the sake of peace . But the active participants in the function of production ...
... function from the judge to the professor and from the artist to the president , every function that is classified or classifiable in some theory of classes or functions , every function , I say , eats and lives on the aforementioned ...
... function . We have known for three thousand years that they all did the same job . The Jupiterian function is the function of the sign . The tech- nology of data processing finally brings us a data bank . This is less progress than ...
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Rats Meals Cascades 35 | 3 |
Satyrs Meals HostGuest | 15 |
Decisions Indecisions The Excluded Third | 22 |
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