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.

University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
ISBN: 9780816648818. 255 pp.
Translated by Lawrence R. Schehr.
Introduction by Cary Wolfe.
Softcover. Very good.