This text is a critique of the structural forces that control our relationships. It argues that violence is an imposition disregarding the will of another person and explores the ramifications of maintaining and recreating domination at a global, social and interpersonal level. It discusses and exposes a number of assumptions that are considered fundamental to western philosophical discourse. It contains an important critique of psychoanalysis and discussions of the discourse of rascism and the democratisation of violence. This is by the author of Pornography of Representation .