The Parasite
Influential 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...
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Influential 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).
Translator's Preface viiTranslator's Introduction ixIntroduction to the New Edition Bring the Noise: The Parasite and the Multiple Genealogies of Posthumanism Cary Wolfe xiInterrupted MealsLogicsRats' MealsCascades 3Satyrs' MealsHost/Guest 15Diminishing ReturnsThe Obscure and the Confused 17Decisions, IndecisionsThe Excluded Third, Included 22The Lion's ShareThe Simple Arrow 26Athlete's MealsDifference and the Construction of the Real 28Picaresques and CyberneticsThe New Balance 34Pentecost 40More Interrupted MealsTechnique, WorkRats' DinnerDiode, Triode 51Logic of the Fuzzy 56The Master and the Counter-Master 58More Rats' MealsMachines and Engines 61The Means, the Milieu 66Spaces of Transformation 71Lunar Meals 74Meals of the Lord in Paradise 77Work 86Insects' Meals 91Energy, Information 94The Gods, the Perpetual Host 98Interlude Full-Length Portrait of theParasiteConfessed Meals 103Jean-Jacques, Lawmaker's Judge 116Noises 121Music 129Fat Cows and Lean CowsEconomySalad MealsStercoral Origin of Property Rights 139Meals of SatireExchange of Money, the Exact and the Fuzzy 147Meals among BrothersTheory of the Joker 155Meals of ChestnutsThe Sun and the Sign 165The Cows Come out of the RiverStocks 175Cows Eat CowsTheory of the Line 182The Best Definition 190Of Sickness in General 197Midnight SuppersSocietyImpostors' MealsAnalyze, Paralyze, Catalyze 201The Proper Name of the HostMasters and Slaves 209Theory of the Quasi-Object 224The Empty TableOn Love 235The DevilOn Love 246The Worst Definition 252Stories, Animals 255
