Overview

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.

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Author:   Thorsten Botz-Bornstein ,  Giannis Stamatellos
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   377
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9789004515628

ISBN 10:   9004515623
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   04 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Introduction 1 Parasitism beyond Ethics Thorsten Botz-Bornstein 2 The Paradoxical Universal of Korean Cinema Steve Choe 3 Parasite from Text to Context An Ethical Stalemate and New Auteurism in Global Cinema Seung-hoon Jeong 4 From Superfluous to Parasitic Russian Literature, Arendt and Korean Modernity Daniel Regnier 5 Notes from the (Korean) Underground Being-in-the-world Is Being-a-Parasite Richard McDonough 6 Mice and Cockroaches Parasite through Nietzsche and Dostoevsky Paolo Stellino 7 Planning Not to Plan The Fantasy and Failure of Underclass Solidarity in Parasite Daniel Conway 8 Bong Joon Ho's Parasite Viewed in the Context of Pasolini's Theorem and Deleuze's Filmic Theories Tony Partridge 9 From Parasites to Monsters The Unfulfilled Promises of Serres' Parasitism in Bong Joon-ho's Neoliberal Social Allegories Hye Seung Chung 10 Parasite: A Predicative or a Substantial Concept? Vincenzo Lomuscio 11 A System of Apprehensions The Art of Parasitism in Lucian's De Parasito and Bong Joon-ho's Parasite Giannis Stamatellos 12 The Parasite Is the Truth of the System Hyun Kang Kim 13 Parasite and Identity in the End Times An Interpretation of Bong Joon-Ho's Film through the Lens of Slavoj Z i z ek Michelle Phillips Buchberger 14 Parasite as a Scaled-Down Disaster Film Enrico Terrone 15 Symbiosis, Interruption, and Exchange Parasite after Serres' The Parasite Michael Weinman and Shai Biderman Index

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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.

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