Torture, psychoanalysis, and human rights / Monica Luci.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Luci, Monica, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Torture--Psychological aspects.

Torture.

Torture victims.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xvii, 260 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.

Summary:

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. Monica Luci 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. This book is the first 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. Torture, Psychoanalysis and Human Rights 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. Book jacket.

Contents:

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The phenomenon of torture

Torture : what is it? : a definition of the field of inquiry

Torturous societies

Social actors of torture

A psychoanalytic understanding of torture

Paradoxical multiple self states and monolithic self states : destinies of the reflective triangle

The emotional life of torturous societies : monolithic societal states

The splintered reflective triangle in bystanders, perpetrators and victims of torture

Implications for human rights

The permissibility of torture

Three fields of application in human rights : responsibility of perpetrators, reparation of victims and the problem of truth.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138908598

1138908592

9781138908604

1138908606

OCLC:

972330955