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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... voice , air , for a solid sub- stance . Worse yet , he takes control and governs . The parasite invents something ... voice and good words ; he dis- covers the Spirit in the wind and the breath of air . He invents cyber- netics ...
... voice . The gardener uses his hand ; the master , his voice . What are dogs or horses relative to the animals in the farmyard ? Relations . The stronger the voice the longer the relation . Horses and dogs sometimes multiply it to ...
... voice is im- prisoned in a complicated bureaucracy of networks and gates . Articula- tion is a set of strangulations ; consonants strangle voices . They squeeze them [ Elles les serrent ] . The parasite forms a line , a chain . It is ...
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Rats Meals Cascades 35 | 3 |
Satyrs Meals HostGuest | 15 |
Decisions Indecisions The Excluded Third | 22 |
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