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Political Torture in Popular Culture

- The Role of Representations in the Post-9/11 Torture Debate

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This book argues that literary, filmic, and popular cultural representation of political torture has defined the torture debate that has taken place during the post-9/11 global war on terrorism. The author explores whether liberal democracies can ever legitimately perpetrate torture, with assertions that torture can function as a legitimate counterterrorism measure coming into conflict with human rights-based arguments that torture is never morally permissible. He examines the philosophical foundations of pro- and anti-torture positions, reads their manifestations in a range of literary, filmic and popular cultural texts, and assesses the material effects of these representations.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781138185319
  • Bindende:
  • Hardback
  • Sider:
  • 206
  • Utgitt:
  • 20. juni 2016
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 242x164x17 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 468 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
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This book argues that literary, filmic, and popular cultural representation of political torture has defined the torture debate that has taken place during the post-9/11 global war on terrorism. The author explores whether liberal democracies can ever legitimately perpetrate torture, with assertions that torture can function as a legitimate counterterrorism measure coming into conflict with human rights-based arguments that torture is never morally permissible. He examines the philosophical foundations of pro- and anti-torture positions, reads their manifestations in a range of literary, filmic and popular cultural texts, and assesses the material effects of these representations.

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