| Torture: Power, Democracy, and the Human Body Contributor(s): Biswas, Shampa (Editor), Zalloua, Zahi (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0295991224 ISBN-13: 9780295991221 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $28.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Violence In Society - Political Science | Human Rights - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 364.67 |
| LCCN: 2011029716 |
| Series: Global Re-Visions |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.97 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
