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A Genealogy of the Torture Taboo (Paperback)
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A Genealogy of the Torture Taboo (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Human Rights
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This book examines the historical genealogy of the torture taboo.
The dissonance between the absolute prohibition against torture and
its widespread violation raises important questions about the
torture taboo in world politics. Does the torture taboo matter? Or
are political realists correct in arguing that power politics
rules? Barnes argues that despite the torture taboo's violation, it
still matters, and paradoxically, its strength can be seen by
studying its violation. States hide, deny, re-define and outsource
their torture, as well as torture without leaving marks to avoid
being stigmatised as a norm violating state. Tracing a genealogy of
the torture taboo from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century
Barnes shows how the taboo has developed over time, and how
violations have played an important role in that development.
Through six historical and contemporary case studies, it is argued
that the taboo's humanitarian pressures do not cease when states
violate the norm, but continue to shape actors in unexpected ways.
Building upon the constructivist norm literature that has shown how
norms shape state actions and interests, the book also widens our
understanding of the complex role norm violations play in
international society. Making a contribution to existing public
debates on the use of torture in counter-terrorism policy, it will
be of great use to scholars, postgraduates and practitioners in the
fields of human rights, international relations theory (in
particular constructivism), security studies and international law.
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