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Carlson & Weber - Speaking About Torture - 9780823242252 - V9780823242252
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Speaking About Torture

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Description for Speaking About Torture Paperback. The essays here speak from a conviction that torture does not work to elicit truth, secure justice, or maintain security Editor(s): Carlson, Julie A. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSC; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 25. Weight in Grams: 517.

This collection of essays is the first book to take up the urgent issue of torture from the array of approaches offered by the arts and humanities. In the post-9/11 era, where we are once again compelled to entertain debates about the legality of torture, this volume speaks about the practice in an effort to challenge the surprisingly widespread acceptance of state-sanctioned torture among Americans, including academics and the media–entertainment complex. Speaking about Torture also claims that the concepts and techniques practiced in the humanities have a special contribution to make to this debate, going beyond what is usually deemed ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823242252
SKU
V9780823242252
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About Carlson & Weber
Elisabeth Weber is a professor of German and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her books include Verfolgung und Trauma: Zu Emmanuel Levinas’ Autrement qu’être ou au-delà de l’essence (Passagen Verlag, 1990), Das Vergessen(e): Anamnesen des Undarstellbaren, coeditor (Turia and Kant, 1997), and Questioning Judaism (Stanford, 2004), a collection of interviews with Jacques Derrida, Jean-François Lyotard, Emmanuel ... Read more

Reviews for Speaking About Torture
"The newspapers can tell us what causes torture, but not about what it means for our lives. This collection does just that. Beyond the apology for torture, the cries for trials, the sad litany of horrors, these authors turn to art, writing, memory and witnessing - the real means by which we can care for ourselves in the face of ... Read more

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