The politics of pain : torturers and their masters
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The politics of pain : torturers and their masters
（Series on state violence, terrorism, and human rights）
Westview Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Although a wave of democratization appears to be sweeping the globe, torture persists in more than 75 nations. This volume brings together an international group of human-rights scholars to examine the psychological, cultural and social origins of torture.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - the politics of pain, Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid
- torturers and their masters, Pieter H. Kooijmans
- the social context of torture - policy process and authority structure, Herbert C. Kelman
- in their own words - the world of the torturer, R.D. Crelinsten
- the military, torture and human rights - experiences from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, Wolfgang S. Heinz
- torture - psychological and social origins, Ervin Staub
- Somoza's national guard - a study of human-rights abuses, psychological health and moral development, Federico Allodi
- the official torturer - a learning model for obedience to the authority of violence, Mika Haritos-Fatouros.
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