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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... guest . The guest is the stranger , the interrupter , the one who receives the soup , agrees to the meal . The host , the guest : the same word ; he gives and receives , offers and accepts , invites and is invited , master and passer ...
... guest , active and passive , full of outrage and of generosity , of hatred and good - will . A word which hints at ... guest cools the soup and warms his hands ; the host invites the traveller and sends him on his way , asks him in ...
... guest thus becomes the interrupter . The parasite in the first sense of the word becomes the parasite in the second sense , for he cuts the relation ; he does not want to hear the message of the invitation . The setup of the system is ...
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Rats Meals Cascades 35 | 3 |
Satyrs Meals HostGuest | 15 |
Decisions Indecisions The Excluded Third | 22 |
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