The papers in this volume challenge the concept of form and aim to set out, explore and develop different theories and examples of the formless . In so doing, they raise questions of form, and notions of formlessness (as distinct from something called the formless ). The starting point for many of the contributors is Georges Bataille s highly influential article entitled informe ( formless ). Here, in a context where art, philosophy and anthropology were merging, Bataille tried to question the idea of formlessness as simply applying to things without form. This book, through a diversity of...