Torture is not as universally condemned as it once was. From
Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons to the death of Giulio Regeni,
countless recent cases have shocked public opinion. But if we want
to defend the human dignity that torture violates, simple
indignation is not enough. In this important book, Donatella Di
Cesare provides a critical perspective on torture in all its
dimensions. She seeks to capture the peculiarity of an extreme and
methodical violence where the tormentor calculates and measures out
pain so that he can hold off the victim's death, allowing him to
continue to exercise his sovereign power. For the victim, being
tortured is like experiencing his own death while he is still
alive. Torture is a threat wherever the defenceless find themselves
in the hands of the strong: in prisons, in migrant camps, in
nursing homes, in centres for the disabled and in institutions for
minors. This impassioned book will appeal to students and scholars
of philosophy and political theory as well as to anyone committed
to defending human rights as universal and inviolable.
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