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- Torture: Power, Democracy, and the Human Body
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: University of Washington Press
- Series: Global Re-Visions
summary
The counterterrorism policies following September 11, 2001, brought the definition and legitimacy of torture to the forefront of political, military, and public debates. This timely volume explores the question of torture through multiple lenses by situating it within systems of belief, social networks of power, and ideological worldviews. Individual essays examine the boundaries of what is deemed legitimate political violence for the sake of state security, the immediate and long-term effects of torture on human and social bodies, the visual and artistic representations of torture, how certain people are dehumanized to make it acceptable to torture them, and how we understand complicity in and the ethical boundaries of torture.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. 3-24
- 1. Torture and Democracy: What Now?
- pp. 25-45
- 5. The Torture Device: Debate and Archetype
- pp. 129-157
- 8. Sri Lanka: Landscapes of Massacre
- pp. 215-244
- Bibliography
- pp. 245-264
- Notes on Contributors
- pp. 265-268
Additional Information
ISBN
9780295801810
Related ISBN(s)
9780295991221
MARC Record
OCLC
775741242
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No