The Resource Torture, Donatella Di Cesare, translated by David Broder
Torture, Donatella Di Cesare, translated by David Broder
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- Summary
- Torture is not as universally condemned as it once was. From Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib prisons to the death of Giulio Regeni, countless recent cases have shocked public opinion. But if we want to defend the human dignity that torture violates, simple indignation is not enough. In this important book, Donatella Di Cesare provides a critical perspective on torture in all its dimensions. She seeks to capture the peculiarity of an extreme and methodical violence where the tormentor calculates and measures out pain so that he can hold off the victim’s death, allowing him to continue to exercise his sovereign power. For the victim, being tortured is like experiencing his own death while he is still alive. Torture is a threat wherever the defenceless find themselves in the hands of the strong: in prisons, in migrant camps, in nursing homes, in centres for the disabled and in institutions for minors. This impassioned book will appeal to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory as well as to anyone committed to defending human rights as universal and inviolable. --
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Extent
- x, 163 pages
- Note
- First published in italian as Tortura © Bollati Boringhieri editore, Turin, 2016
- Isbn
- 9781509524365
- Label
- Torture
- Title
- Torture
- Statement of responsibility
- Donatella Di Cesare, translated by David Broder
- Language
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- eng
- ita
- eng
- Summary
- Torture is not as universally condemned as it once was. From Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib prisons to the death of Giulio Regeni, countless recent cases have shocked public opinion. But if we want to defend the human dignity that torture violates, simple indignation is not enough. In this important book, Donatella Di Cesare provides a critical perspective on torture in all its dimensions. She seeks to capture the peculiarity of an extreme and methodical violence where the tormentor calculates and measures out pain so that he can hold off the victim’s death, allowing him to continue to exercise his sovereign power. For the victim, being tortured is like experiencing his own death while he is still alive. Torture is a threat wherever the defenceless find themselves in the hands of the strong: in prisons, in migrant camps, in nursing homes, in centres for the disabled and in institutions for minors. This impassioned book will appeal to students and scholars of philosophy and political theory as well as to anyone committed to defending human rights as universal and inviolable. --
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- Di Cesare, Donatella
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Italian
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Broder, David
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- Torture
- Label
- Torture, Donatella Di Cesare, translated by David Broder
- Note
- First published in italian as Tortura © Bollati Boringhieri editore, Turin, 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- on1015793429
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 163 pages
- Isbn
- 9781509524365
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- rdamedia
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- (OCoLC)1015793429
- Label
- Torture, Donatella Di Cesare, translated by David Broder
- Note
- First published in italian as Tortura © Bollati Boringhieri editore, Turin, 2016
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1015793429
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- x, 163 pages
- Isbn
- 9781509524365
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1015793429
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