Refractions of violence

In this collection of essays Martin Jay explores the troubling issues emerging through, and because of, the intersection of violence and visual culture. He argues that we live in a closed economy of violence that provides no outside space to offer us a safe haven from the perceived threat. ; A new collection of essays by the internationally recognized cultural critic and intellectual historian Martin Jay that revolves around the themes of violence and visuality, with essays on the Holocaust and virtual reality, religious violence, the art world, and the Unicorn Killer, among a wide range of other topics. A new collection of essays by the internationally recognized cultural critic and intellectual historian Martin Jay that revolves around the themes of violence and visuality, with essays on the Holocaust and virtual reality, religious violence, the art world, and the Unicorn Killer, among a wide range of other topics.