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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... look- ing up , he sees Master Wolf leaning over the same water . Look at the beautiful cheese , he says . I have eaten a part of it ; I invite you to eat the other part . On the aquatic rug the table is set . Get into the second bucket ...
... look ; there is nothing there . We go back to bed and it starts again . The feast is troubled , the meal interrupted . Let's go then to the country , where such anxiety has not yet disturbed anything : a movement toward a spot purged of ...
... look for what is expanding . Noises , odors , and waves . And maybe Reason as well . Reason , ratio , the Hellenic logos , the voice once more . Reason is spread by the voice . By calculation and measurement that presuppose long chains ...
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Rats Meals Cascades 35 | 3 |
Satyrs Meals HostGuest | 15 |
Decisions Indecisions The Excluded Third | 22 |
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