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Torture

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Description for Torture Paperback. Explores the question of torture through multiple lenses by situating it within systems of belief, social networks of power, and ideological worldviews Editor(s): Biswas, Shampa; Zalloua, Zahi. Series: Global Re-Visions. Num Pages: 4 illus. BIC Classification: HPQ; LBBR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Global Re-Visions
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295991221
SKU
V9780295991221
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About Shampa Biswas
Shampa Biswas is associate professor of politics at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, and coeditor of Margins, Peripheries, and Excluded Bodies: International Relations and States of Exception. Zahi Zalloua is associate professor of French and general studies at Whitman College, author of Montaigne and the Ethics of Skepticism, and editor of The Comparatist and Montaigne After Theory, Theory After ... Read more

Reviews for Torture
"The topic is of pressing contemporary relevance, and this volume does an excellent job of offering interdisciplinary insight into a controversial, complex issue. . . . the collection is a highly successful examination of torture. Summing up: Recommended."
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