Torture - Power, Democracy, and the Human Body (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Global Re-Visions
Release date:	July 2015
Editors:	Shampa Biswas • Zahi Zalloua
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-99690-5
Categories:	Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International human rights law Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
LSN:	0-295-99690-0
Barcode:	9780295996905

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