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CONTENTS Introduction: The Puzzle of Torture 1 PART I. GENEALOGICAL INQUIRIES 17 1. Torture and Sovereignty 21 2. Torture and International Law 42 3. The Current Debate: Torture in the War on Terror 70 PART II. VIOLENCE AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE POLITICAL IMAGINATION 91 4. A Primer on Political Violence 93 5. Crossing the Border between Law and Sovereignty 131 Conclusion: Torture, Terror, and Sacri‹ce 170 Notes 179 Index 207 ...

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