The politics of pain : torturers and their masters / edited by Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid.
- Title
- The politics of pain : torturers and their masters / edited by Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid.
- Published by
- Boulder : Westview Press, 1995.
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- Description
- xvi, 195 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Human rights scholars examine the origins of torture, and provide vivid profiles of torturers and those who direct them. Includes chapters on Latin America.
- Series statement
- Series on state violence, state terrorism, and human rights
- Uniform title
- Series on state violence, state terrorism, and human rights
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Contents
- Introduction : the politics of pain / Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid -- Torturers and their masters / Pieter H. Kooijmans -- Social context of torture : policy process and authority structure / Herbert C. Kelman -- In their own words : the world of the torturer / Ronald D. Crelinsten -- Military, torture and human rights : experiences from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay / Wolfgang S. Heinz -- Torture : psychological and cultural origins / Ervin Staub -- Somoza's national guard : a study of human rights abuses, psychological health and moral development / Federico Allodi -- Official torturer : a learning model for obedience to the authority of violence / Mika Haritos-Fatouros.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Note
- Papers from a symposium held at Leide University in October 1991.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-183) and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain