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A useful book at a time when ‘extractionism’ has become epochal. Parasitical Logic in Culture and Society shows that the parasite is with us not only biologically, socially, and economically, but more persistently ‘logically’: methodo-logically, anthropo-logically, and philo-logically. Parasitism is a ‘perfect logic,’ as one contributor points out, but it can coexist with other logics, for example that of mutualism. * Thorsten Botz-Bornstein, Professor of Philosophy, Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait * This book compellingly demonstrates that metaphors of parasitism are ubiquitous in our world, from zombie video games to Marxist political theory. More than that, it reveals that thinking parasitically is a way to unlock exciting new interdisciplinary insights. * Macs Smith, Lecturer in French and Francophone Studies, University College London, UK *

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Peter Hitchcock is Distinguished Professor of English, Film and Media Cultures, and Women's and Gender Studies at the Graduate Center and Baruch College, City University of New York, USA. He is author or editor of, most recently, Seriality and Social Change (2025), Biotheory: Life and Death Under Capitalism (2020, co-edited with Jeffrey Di Leo), The Debt Age (2018, co-edited with Jeffrey Di Leo and Sophia McClennen), and Labor in Culture, or, Worker of the World(s) (2017).

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