The Forms of Violence: Narrative in Assyrian Art and Modern Culture

by Leo Bersani, Dutoit Ulysse

Book by Bersani, Leo, Ulysse, Dutoit

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Art History

144 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1985

About the author

Leo Bersani is an American literary theorist and Professor Emeritus of French at the University of California, Berkeley. He also taught at Wellesley College and Rutgers University.

Reviews

[Rico · Rating 1 out of 5]

I threw the book away after I finished speed reading. I learned very little about Assyrian art and more about mutated sexual perspectives.

[CL Chu · Rating 3 out of 5]

A critique that brings Western art, Assyrian relief, and psychoanalysis together. The tension between narrativity and form is highly original, and the argument about rethinking violence is thought-provoking.