Torture /

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Torture : power, democracy, and the human body /

Table of Contents: “…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. …”
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Torture : a collection /

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Torture : power, democracy, and the human body /

Table of Contents: “…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. …”
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Torture and democracy / by Rejali, Darius M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Modern torture and its observers -- Torture and democracy -- Lights, heat, and sweat -- Whips and water -- Bathtubs -- Shock -- Magnetos -- Currents -- Singing the world electric -- Prods, tasers, and stun guns -- Stun city -- Sticks and bones -- Water, sleep, and spice -- Stress and duress -- Forced standing and other positions -- Fists and exercises -- Old and new restraints -- Noise -- Drugs and doctors -- Supply and demand for clean torture -- Does torture work? …”
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The Subject of Torture : Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics in Television and Film. by Neroni, Hilary, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: confronting the Abu Ghraib photographs -- Torture, biopower, and the desiring subject -- The nonsensical smile of the torturer: documentary form and the logic of enjoyment -- Torture porn and the desiring subject -- 24 and the torture fantasy -- The biotective versus the detective of the real: truth in Zero dark thirty and Homeland -- Alias and the fictional alternative to torture.…”
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The Subject of Torture : Psychoanalysis and Biopolitics in Television and Film. by Neroni, Hilary, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: confronting the Abu Ghraib photographs -- Torture, biopower, and the desiring subject -- The nonsensical smile of the torturer: documentary form and the logic of enjoyment -- Torture porn and the desiring subject -- 24 and the torture fantasy -- The biotective versus the detective of the real: truth in Zero dark thirty and Homeland -- Alias and the fictional alternative to torture.…”
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The phenomenon of torture : readings and commentary /

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Rendition to torture / by Clarke, Alan W. (Alan William)

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Tortured subjects : pain, truth, and the body in early modern France / by Silverman, Lisa

Table of Contents: “…." : judges, legal manuals, and the theory of torture. "To know the truth from his mouth" : the practice of torture in the parlement of Toulouse, 1600-1788 -- pt. 2. …”
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On the ethics of torture / by Steinhoff, Uwe

Table of Contents: “…On the Ethics of Torture; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: What Is Torture?…”
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The History Of Torture. by Scott

Table of Contents: “…Cover; The History of Torture Throughout the Ages; Copyright; PREFACE; It Can't Happen Now -- A Dangerous Viewpoint; The Ostrich Attitude; Acknowledgments; CONTENTS; PART ONE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TORTURE; CHAPTER I THE MEANING AND LIMITATIONS OF TORTURE; A Question of Terminology; The Reality of Psychological Torture; Illegitimate, Surreptitious and Camouflaged Torture; CHAPTER II THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF TORTURE; A Primary Means of Exacting Vengeance; An Expression of Power; The Physiology of Hate; The Toleration of Torture by Society.…”
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Torture and democracy / by Rejali, Darius M.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Modern torture and its observers -- Torture and democracy -- Lights, heat, and sweat -- Whips and water -- Bathtubs -- Shock -- Magnetos -- Currents -- Singing the world electric -- Prods, tasers, and stun guns -- Stun city -- Sticks and bones -- Water, sleep, and spice -- Stress and duress -- Forced standing and other positions -- Fists and exercises -- Old and new restraints -- Noise -- Drugs and doctors -- Supply and demand for clean torture -- Does torture work? …”
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Understanding torture / by Wisnewski, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Copyright; Series Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 The Persistence of Torture: An Affliction That Won't Go Away; Chapter 2 The History of Torture: A Sketch; Chapter 3 The Wrongness of Torture: Identifying Torture's Unique Despicability; Chapter 4 How Torture Unmakes Worlds; Chapter 5 Thinking through Torture's Temptations; Chapter 6 Thinking through Torture's Temptations; Chapter 7 The Psychology of Torture; Chapter 8 The Politics of Torture: Orwellian Themes in the Bush League; Chapter 9 Hope Amid Pessimism: Concluding Reflections on Ending Torture; Selected Bibliography.…”
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The phenomenon of torture : readings and commentary /

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Understanding torture : law, violence, and political identity / by Parry, John T., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Torture and international law -- The European law of torture -- Torture and state violence in U.S. law -- Torture, rights, and the modern state -- Torture in modern democracies -- U.S. torture at home and abroad -- Torture in the War on Terror.…”
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American torture : from the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and beyond / by Otterman, Michael

Subjects: “…Torture United States.…”
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Screening torture : media representations of state terror and political domination /

Table of Contents: “…Screening Torture: an Introduction / Michael Flynn and Fabiola F. …”
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The ethics of torture / by Wisnewski, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Coming to (definitional) terms with torture: four models -- The economic model of torture: ticking-bomb arguments and torture warrants -- The phenomenological model of torture: dignity and the destruction of agency -- The dramaturgical model of torture: interrogation's immorality play -- The communicative model of torture: understanding institutionally permissive torture -- Assessing the varieties of torture: concluding reflections on a recurrent problem.…”
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The torture papers : the road to Abu Ghraib /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; From Fear to Torture; The Legal Narrative; Timeline; Missing Documents; Biographical Sketches; Memoranda; Reports; Sworn Statements; Statements on 16 Jan 2004; The Mikolashek Report; The Schlesinger Report; The Fay-Jones Report; American Bar Association Report to the House of Delegates; Afterword; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Index.…”
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Torture and impunity : the U.S. doctrine of coercive interrogation / by McCoy, Alfred W.

Table of Contents: “…The CIA's pursuit of psychological torture -- Science in Dachau's shadow -- Torture in the crucible of counterinsurgency -- Theater state of terror -- The seduction of psychological torture -- The outcast of Camp Echo -- Psychological torture and public forgetting.…”
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Transnational torture : law, violence, and state power in the United States and India / by Lokaneeta, Jinee

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : do the ghosts of Leviathan linger on? Law, violence, and torture in liberal democracies -- Law's struggle with violence : ambivalence in the "routine" : jurisprudence of interrogations in the United States -- "Being helplessly civilized leaves us at the mercy of the beast" : post-9/11 discourses on torture in the United States -- Torture in the TV show 24 : circulation of meanings -- Jurisprudence on torture and interrogations in India -- Contemporary states of exception : extraordinary laws and interrogation in India -- Conclusion : unraveling the exception : torture in liberal democracies.…”
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Torture as tort : comparative perspectives on the development of transnational human rights litigation /

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; 1 Introduction to Torture as Tort From Sudan to Canada to Somalia; 2 Translating Torture into Transnational Tort Conceptual Divides in the Debate on Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Harms; 3 International Human Rights Tort Claims and the Experience of United States Courts An Introduction to the US Case Law Key Statutes and Doctrines; 4 Taking Filártiga on the Road Why Courts Outside the United States Should Accept Jurisdiction Over Actions Involving Torture Committed Abroad; 5 Torture Prevention versus Punishment.…”
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The anatomy of torture : a documentary history of Filartiga v. Pena Irala / by Aceves, William J.

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The torture doctors : human rights crimes and the road to justice / by Miles, Steven H.

Table of Contents: “…Meet the torture doctors -- Dr. Chand sees a burned boy -- Who are the torture doctors? …”
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Rendition to torture : the case of Maher Arar : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, October 18, 2007.

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Reaping what you sow : a comparative examination of torture reform in the United States, France, Argentina, and Israel / by Carey, Henry F., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Torture: the goal of accountability and the world of impunity -- United States: de jure reform with torture lite and rendition -- Israel: soft compliance with judicial oversight of torture-lite -- France: supranational supervision but limited memory battles and accountability -- Argentina: the only case with prosecutions, reparations, and museums -- Spanish inquisition or millennium bombing plot: the value of torture as actionable intelligence, confession, obedience, intimidation, or deterrence? …”
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The absolute violation : why torture must be prohibited / by Matthews, Richard (Assistant professor of philosophy)

Table of Contents: “…Understanding torture -- What about the ticking bomb? -- Why utilitarians must oppose torture -- Torture, tragic choices, and dirty hands -- On neither excusing nor justifying torture.…”
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Speaking about torture /

Table of Contents: “…America Tortures.…”
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USA - Outsourcing Torture /

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Trauma, torture, and dissociation : a psychoanalytic view / by Alayarian, Aida

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Talking about torture : how political discourse shapes the debate / by Del Rosso, Jared

Table of Contents: “…Counterterrorism and the Legacy of Torture.…”
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The torture debate in America /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the rule of law finds its golem : judicial torture then and now / Karen J. Greenberg -- Torture : the road to Abu Ghraib and beyond : panel discussion with Burt Neuborne, Dana Priest, Anthony Lewis, Joshua Dratel, Major Michael (Dan) Mori, and Stephen Gillers -- section 1: Democracy, terror, and torture. …”
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The nation's tortured body : violence, representation, and the formation of a Sikh "diaspora" / by Axel, Brian Keith, 1967-

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Religion, empire, and torture : the case of Achaemenian Persia, with a postscript on Abu Ghraib / by Lincoln, Bruce

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The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture. by Haritos-Fatouros, Mika

Table of Contents: “…The Psychological Origins ofInstitutionalized Torture; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Approach and methodology; 3 The Greek situation; 4 Transforming ordinary men into torturers; 5 Case study of a chief torturer; 6 Dispositional factors in Greek torturers: A sufficient explanation?…”
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Does torture prevention work? /

Table of Contents: “…Studying torture prevention /…”
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Le Jardin des supplices. by Mirbeau, Octave

Subjects: “…Torture Fiction.…”
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International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism. by Malley-Morrison, Kathleen

Table of Contents: “…International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Section I: Definitions of War, Torture, and Terrorism; 1: Coding and Variable Formation for De fi nitions of War, Torture, and Terrorism; The Coding Process; De fi nitions of War; De fi nitions of War Focusing on Its Causes; De fi nitions of War Identifying It as Con fl ict; De fi nitions Providing Qualifying Criteria; De fi nitions of War Focusing on Outcomes; De fi nition of Torture; De fi nitions of Torture Focusing on Intent, Motivation, or Emotion.…”
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Selected decisions of the Committee against Torture.

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