Torture : power, democracy, and the human body / edited by Shampa Biswas, Zahi Zalloua.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biswas, Shampa.

Zalloua, Zahi Anbra, 1971-

Series:

Global re-visions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Torture--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Torture.

Human body--Moral and ethical aspects--Congresses.

Human body.

Psychiatric ethics--Congresses.

Psychiatric ethics.

Mind and body--Congresses.

Mind and body.

Human body--Moral and ethical aspects.

Torture--Moral and ethical aspects.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

viii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Power, democracy, and the human body

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press in association with Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., [2011]

Summary:

Developed from research associated with a symposium entitled "Torture and the Human Body" held at Whitman College, Washington, in February, 2009, this collection of eight essays examines the relationships between the physical and the political in the context of American torture of prisoners against the backdrop of the war on terror. Topics discussed include torture, democracy and the human body, accountability and the events at Abu Ghraib, force-feeding at Guantanamo Bay, and the torture of Omar Khadr. Contributors are academics in political science, philosophy and related fields from several universities, many of whom are associated with Whitman College. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction. Torture, democracy, and the human body / Shampa Biswas and Zahi Zalloua

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0295991224

9780295991221

OCLC:

713189830

Publisher Number:

99946675510