The Politics of Pain: Torturers and Their Masters

ISBN-13: 9780367310639 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 195 str.

Ronald D. Crelinsten; Alex Schmid

Opis

This book examines the psychological, cultural, and social origins of torture. It provides profiles of torturers and of those who direct them in their brutal activities and case studies of Somoza's National Guard in Nicaragua and regimes in the Southern Cone of Latin America and in Greece.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction: The Politics of Pain -- Torturers and Their Masters -- The Social Context of Torture: Policy Process and Authority Structure -- In Their Own Words: The World of the Torturer -- The Military, Torture and Human Rights: Experiences from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay -- Torture: Psychological and Cultural Origins -- Somoza's National Guard: A Study of Human Rights Abuses, Psychological Health and Moral Development -- The Official Torturer: A Learning Model for Obedience to the Authority of Violence -- Torture—Definition and Legal Instruments

O autorze

Ronald D. Crelinsten, Alex P. Schmid