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Torture: A Sociology Of Violence And Human Rights

By Lisa Hajjar

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
ISBN
0203123557, 9780203123553
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1207098 bytes)
Series
Framing 21st Century Social Issues
Pages
97\97
Topic
Other Social Sciences\\Sociology
Time added
2019-08-14 01:30:35
Human RightsSociology Of Violencetorture

Description

Torture is indisputably abhorrent. Why, you might ask, would you even want to think or read about torture? That is a very good question, and one this book addresses in a compelling and enlightening way. Torture is a very important issue, not least because millions of people around the world have been subjected to this odious practice—and many are enduring torture right now as you read these words. Torture A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights ......Page 6 Copyright......Page 7 Contents......Page 8 Series Foreword......Page 10 Preface......Page 12 I: Why Are We (Still) Talking about Torture?......Page 14 II: Torture’s Past......Page 27 III: Modern Torture......Page 34 IV: Torture and Rights......Page 46 V: Enforcing the Right Not To Be Tortured......Page 57 VI: What’s Wrong with Torture?......Page 64 References......Page 75 Glossary/Index......Page 83

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