RT Book
T1 Contesting torture: interdisciplinary perspectives
T2 Contemporary security studies
A2 Cox, Rory 1982-
A2 Donnelly, Faye
A2 Lang, Anthony F. 1968-
LA English
PP London New York
PB Routledge
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1814444092
AB "This edited volume seeks to contest prevailing assumptions about torture and to consider why, despite its illegality, torture continues to be widely employed and misrepresented. The resurgence of torture and public justifications of it led to the central questions which this inter-disciplinary volume seeks to address: How is it possible for torture to be practised when it is legally prohibited? What kinds of moves do agents make which render torture palatable? Why do so many ignore the evidence that torture is ineffective as an intelligence-gathering technique? Who are the victims of torture? The various contributors in the book look to history, the practices of interrogators, artistic representations, documentary films, rendition policies, political campaigns, diplomatic discourses, international legal rules, refugee practices, and cultural representations of death and the body to illuminate how torture becomes permissible. Building from the personal to the communal, and from the practical to the conceptual, the volume reflects the multivalence of torture itself. This framework enables readers at all levels better appreciate how and why torture is open to so many interpretations and applications. This book will be of much interest to students of International Relations, Security Studies, Terrorism Studies, Ethics, and International Legal Studies"--
CN HV8593
SN 9780367360351
SN 9781032308692
K1 Torture
K1 Torture (International law)
K1 Security, International