The politics of the parasite (part Two)

In this article I endeavour to make sense of the complex and paradoxical figure of the Greek parasite. I explicate the world-view at work in the discourse: The vision of social roles, statuses, and relationships that it expresses. I argue that the parasite is not a figure of elitist class politics but of the civic social imaginary. Dans cet article, je cherche à donner un sens à la figure complexe et paradoxale du parasite grec. Je dégage la …