TY - BOOK TI - The Parasite SN - 9780816648818 AV - PQ2679.E679 P313 2007 U1 - 844/.914 PY - 2007/// CY - Minnesota, USA PB - University of Minnesota Press KW - BD10-701 Speculative philosophy N2 - 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 ER -