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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... Parasite . The Parasite starts with an author , as do many of Serres's other works ; in this case it is Jean de La Fontaine , the author of the Fables . Serres develops his theory of human relations , the theory of the para- site - be ...
... ( Parasite , 66 ) . Here , we seem to be quite close to Luhmann's theory of observation as fundamen- tally a phenomenon of making self - referential distinctions , whereby what counts as meaning or knowledge is produced by the self ...
... parasite chases another out . One parasite ( static ) , in the sense that information theory uses the word , chases another , in the anthropological sense . Communication theory is in charge of the system ; it can break it down or let ...
Contents
Rats Meals Cascades 35 | 3 |
Satyrs Meals HostGuest | 15 |
Decisions Indecisions The Excluded Third | 22 |
Copyright | |
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