4.3.11

Trying to Understand Serres: Some "Not Fans" of The Parasite

This is a pretty interesting exchange between some people trying to figure out what Serres means by "The Parasite" within a scientific context. If you have a chance, read it and see what you make of the criticisms and struggles that are at play.


















Read the "Not Serres Fans" exchange.



1 comment:

CTR said...

How funny. I just wrote this short piece about Occupy as a virus, and found that Serres' conceptualization of the parasite (a virus is an obligate parasite) actually helps us understand quite a lot about this social movement. Article is here: http://arcdirector.blogspot.com/2012/01/occupy-as-form-chiara-t-ricciardone.html

Thanks for your work keeping up this blog!