Parasite: A Philosophical Exploration

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-90-04-51562-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 377, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 498 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Philosophy of Film

Parasite is a philosophically interesting film because it presents the ethico-biological problem of parasitism in a metaphorical and artistic fashion. Michel Serres, in his book called The Parasite, holds that parasites are not in fact useless, but that they establish communications between different spheres and are thus able to transform large-scale organisms. Parasites import coincidences, activate defence systems, and establish new links with the host. In this book, philosophers explore the film from various angles: using the ancient satirist Lucian’s De Parasito, Nietzsche’s concept of “the vengeance of the weak,” Dostoyevsky’s “underground,” Marxism, and many more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Botz-Bornstein, Thorsten

Stamatellos, Giannis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Sachbuch

Über Autor(innen)

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Ph.D. (1993), is Professor of Philosophy at Gulf University for Science and Technology in Kuwait.


Giannis Stamatellos, Ph.D. (2005), is Professor of Philosophy and the President of the Institute of Philosophy & Technology in Athens, Greece.