Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
1 The Plot
2 Neoliberalism and the Postmodern Situation
References
Chapter 1 Parasitism beyond Ethics
1 Upstairs, Downstairs Korean Version
2 The Good and the Bad
3 Parasite Lost
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 2 The Paradoxical Universal of Korean Cinema
1 The Meaning of Parasite
2 Parasites and Divided Sympathies
3 The Metaphor Is the Medium
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 3 Parasite from Text to Context: An Ethical Stalemate and New Auteurism in Global Cinema
1 The Evolution of Korean Films with ‘10-Million Viewers’
2 The Absence of Bong Joon-ho’s Political Fantasy
3 The Ethical Double Bind and the Ghostly Parasite
4 New Auteurism and New Cinephilia
5 Performative Self-Contradiction of Global Cinema
References
Chapter 4 From Superfluous to Parasitic: Russian Literature, Arendt and Korean Modernity
1 Kim Ki-taek and Ki-woo as Superfluous Men
2 Confucianism and Superfluity
3 Superfluity and Love
4 Morse Code and Toilet Texts
5 Totalitarianism and Homelessness
6 Conclusion: Becoming a Parasite
References
Chapter 5 Notes from the (Korean) Underground: Being-in-the-World Is Being-a-Parasite
1 Motifs in Parasite
1.1 Parasitism
1.2 The “Scholars Rock”
1.3 Crossing the Line
1.4 Smell
1.5 Metaphor
1.6 The Plan
1.7 The Meaning of Parasite
2 Parasite Not a Moral or Political Film
3 A Phenomenology of the Mundane Fantasy Existence of Nietzsche’s “Last Man”
References
Chapter 6 Mice and Cockroaches: Parasite through Nietzsche and Dostoevsky
1 Hierarchies and Resentment
2 Physical and Moral Undergrounds
3 Smells and Lines
4 Animals and Underground Psyches
5 Endings
References
Chapter 7 Planning Not to Plan: The Fantasy and Failure of Underclass Solidarity in Parasite
1 Introduction
2 The Art and Profession of Sponging
3 Toward a Psychology of Parasitism
4 The Failure to Achieve Class-Based Solidarity
5 The Replacements
References
Chapter 8 Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite Viewed in the Context of Pasolini’s Theorem and Deleuze’s Filmic Theories
1 Introduction
2 Theorem Proving and Problem-Solving in Theorem and Parasite
3 The Origins and Theoretical Basis of Deleuze’s Filmic Theories
4 Returning to Parasite
5 Comparison between Parasite and Theorem
6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 9 From Parasites to Monsters: The Unfulfilled Promises of Serres’ Parasitism in Bong Joon-ho’s Neoliberal Social Allegories
1 Introduction
2 A City Rat, a Country Rat, and the Parasited Feast: Serres’ Fable in Bong’s Film
3 From the Parasitic to the Monstrous: A Noise at the Door, a Bunker, and the Monster
4 The Self-Destructive Murder and Its Parasitic Illogic
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 10 Parasite: A Predicative or a Substantial Concept?
1 Human Parasite
2 Parasite as Predicative Notion
3 The Question of the Plan
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 11 “A System of Apprehensions”: The Art of Parasitism in Lucian’s De Parasito and Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
1 Techne in Lucian’s De Parasito
2 The Art of Parasitism in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite
3 The Interrupter
4 Conclusion
References
Chapter 12 The Parasite Is the Truth of the System
1 Staging of a Class Society
2 Hope of the Hopeless
3 Logic of the Parasite
4 Part of No Part
5 Conclusion
References
Chapter 13 Parasite and Identity in the “End Times”: An Interpretation of Bong Joon-Ho’s Film through the Lens of Slavoj Žižek
1 Extreme Competition for Resources and Personality Disorders
2 The End of Capitalism and its Effects on Identity and Mental Health
2.1 The Four Horsemen – Ecological Crisis
2.1.1 Ecological Crisis and Identity: The Storm
2.1.2 Ecological Crisis and Identity: Revelation
2.1.3 Ecological Crisis and Identity: Psychological Breakdown
2.2 The Four Horsemen – Biogenetic Revolution
2.3 The Four Horsemen – Imbalances with Resources
2.4 The Four Horsemen – Social Divisions/Exclusions
References
Chapter 14 Parasite as a Scaled-Down Disaster Film
1 Catastrophes
2 The Disaster Film
3 The Scaled-Down Disaster Film
References
Chapter 15 Symbiosis, Interruption, and Exchange: Parasite after Serres’ The Parasite
1 Parasites and Para-sites
2 Three Interrupted Festive Meals
2.1 Min-hyuk Interrupts the Kim Family’s Subterranean Celebration of Wi-Fi
2.2 Moon-gwang Interrupts the Kims’ Picnic in the Park House
2.3 Geun-sae and Ki-taek Interrupt the Birthday Feast for Da-song
3 Conclusion: Parasite Itself as an Interrupted Festive Meal
References
Index