Histories of Violence: Unlearning History

THIS IS THE 37th in a series of dialogues with artists, writers, and critical thinkers on the question of violence. This conversation is with Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, a theorist of photography and visual culture. She is a professor of Modern Culture and Media and the Department of Comparative Literature at Brown University. Her most recent book […] The post Histories of Violence: Unlearning History appeared first on Los Angeles Review of Books. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Review of Books'

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