Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating
Author:   Lisa Heldke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   216
Publication Date:   28 August 2025
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Parasitic Personhood and the Ontology of Eating


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Author:   Lisa Heldke
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.570kg
ISBN:  

9781032711553


ISBN 10:   1032711558
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   28 August 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Introduction 1. The Billiard Ball and the Citizen of the Refrigerator: Ontologies of Personhood 2. Consider the Parasite: Parasitism and Persistent Biological Relationships 3. Stuck on You: Parasitic Personhood 4. Socrates the Parasite: Parasitism as Literal and Metaphorical 5. Choosing All the Way Down: Microbial Agency 6. Compost, Liverwurst and Dog Spit: The Relevance of Disgust Conclusion: We’re All Gonna Die Acknowledgements Works Cited

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Lisa Heldke is Professor of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College, USA. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of several works on the philosophy of food, including Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a Food Adventurer (Routledge, 2003); Philosophers at Table: On Food and Being Human; Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformative Philosophies of Food; and The Encyclopedia of Food and Agriculture Ethics.

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