Sadomasochism and its representations in the Assyrian scenes

Abstract

The research tagged (Sadomasochism and its representations in the Assyrian scenes) consists of four chapters. The first chapter focused on the research problem, which ended with the following questions: What is Sadomasochism? What are its representations in the Assyrian scenes? The aim of the research: to know sadomasochism and its representations in the Assyrian scenes. The first chapter ended with defining the terminology, while the second chapter was concerned with the theoretical framework of the research and it consisted of two sections: the first topic was concerned with the psychological framework of Sadomasochism, while the second topic was concerned with the Assyrian art, and the chapter concluded with the indicators of the theoretical framework, As for the third chapter, it dealt with the research procedures, and building the tool, and the research community represents (34) technical works, and (3) models and a tool was built based on the indicators of the theoretical framework, and the special literature In psychology, the fourth chapter was devoted to research results and conclusions, and the most important results were:

1. Sadomasochism is represented in the Assyrian art, by spreading physical and psychological pain towards the other, and psychological pain towards the self.

As for the conclusions:

1. Sadomasochism is latent in the human soul at every time and place, to promote aggression at different levels, in different fields and at different ages, and the manifestation of this instinct varies from one person to another, according to the psychological preparedness of the individual.