Torture, Psychoanalysis and Human Rights contributes to the
development of that field of study called 'psycho-social' that is
presently more and more committed to providing understanding of
social phenomena, making use of the explicative perspective of
psychoanalysis. The book seeks to develop a concise and integrated
framework of understanding of torture as a socio-political
phenomenon based on psychoanalytic thinking, through which
different dimensions of the subject of study become more
comprehensible. Monica Luci argues that torture performs a covert
emotional function in society. In order to identify what this
function might be, a profile of 'torturous societies' and the main
psychological dynamics of social actors involved - torturers,
victims, and bystanders - are drawn from literature. Accordingly, a
wide-ranging description of the phenomenology of torture is
provided, detecting an inclusive and recurring pattern of key
elements. Relying on psychoanalytic concepts derived from different
theoretical traditions, including British object relations
theories, American relational psychoanalysis and analytical
psychology, the study provides an advanced line of conceptual
research, shaping a model, whose aim is tograsp the deep meaning of
key intrapsychic, interpersonal and group dynamics involved in
torture. Once a sufficiently coherent understanding has been
reached, Luci proposes using it as a groundwork tool in the human
rights field to re-think the best strategies of prevention and
recovery from post-torture psychological and social suffering. The
book initiates a dialogue between psychoanalysis and human rights,
showing that the proposed psychoanalytic understanding is a viable
conceptualisation for expanding thinking of crucial issues
regarding torture, which might be relevant to human rights and
legal doctrine, such as the responsibility of perpetrators, the
reparation of victims and the question of 'truth'. Torture,
Psychoanalysis and Human Rights is the first book to build a
psychoanalytic theory of torture from which psychological, social
and legal reflections, as well as practical aspects of treatment,
can be mutually derived and understood. It will appeal to
psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and Jungians, as
well as scholars of politics, social work and justice, and human
rights and postgraduate students studying across these fields.
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