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Parasitical Logic in Culture and Society

Parasitical Logic in Culture and Society - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter Hitchcock (Editor)Publish date:2/5/2026Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765138311UPC:9798765138311Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Comparative Literature, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:PoliticsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SCX6CV88DR

In essays on literature, film, capitalism, and the university, this book illuminates and deepens the understanding of the parasite as a metaphor for cultural and social critique.

While symbiosis may harm the host to the benefit of the parasite, humans have nonetheless developed complex networks to rationalize intra-species parasitism. From influence to borrowing to the "creativity" of AI, and...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765138311UPC:9798765138311Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Comparative Literature, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:PoliticsSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.1707Product ID:SCX6CV88DR
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...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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