1st Edition

Torture A Sociology of Violence and Human Rights

By Lisa Hajjar Copyright 2013
    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    96 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    Preface  1. Why Are We (Still) Talking about Torture?  2. Torture’s Past  3. Modern Torture  4. Torture and Rights  5. Enforcing the Right Not To Be Tortured  6. What’s Wrong with Torture?  Bibliography  Glossary

    Biography

    Lisa Hajjar is associate professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.