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Torture : power, democracy, and the human body / Power, democracy, and the human body edited by Shampa Biswas and Zahi Zalloua. - Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 283 p.). - Global re-visions . - Global re-visions. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-263) and index.

Torture and democracy : what now? / Darius Rejali -- Now that we've tortured : image, guilt, consequence / Mark Danner -- We are all torturers now : accountability after Abu Ghraib / Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn -- Dying Is not permitted : sovereignty, biopower, and force-feeding at Guantánamo Bay / Lauren Wilcox -- The torture device : debate and archetype / Stephanie Athey -- Specters of the Muselmann : Guantánamo Bay Penalogial Theme Park and the torture of Omar Khadr / Joseph Pugliese -- This fragile body : Susan Crile's Abu Ghraib : abuse of power / Julia A. Ireland -- Sri Lanka : landscapes of massacre / Suvendrini Perera.

ISBN: 9780295801810 0295801816

Source: 22573/ctvct45cb JSTOR

LCCN: 2021694602

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Human body--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.
Psychiatric ethics--Congresses.
Mind and body--Congresses.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Violence in Society.
Human body--Moral and ethical aspects.
Mind and body.
Psychiatric ethics.
Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.
Folter
Legitimation
Politische Ethik

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.

LC Class. No.: HV8593

Dewey Class. No.: 364.6/7