The one is an absolution of responsibility; the other is a conferring of responsibility; the two
together turn the moral reality of torture upside down. This inversion, this interruption and …

At one time in Europe, there was a point to pain: physical suffering could be a path to
redemption. This religious notion suggested that truth was lodged in the body and could be …

Declaration of Human Rights:" No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment." In this statement, the adjectives qualifying" treatment or …

Although a wave of democratization appears to be sweeping the globe, torture persists in
more than seventy-five nations. Despite widespread condemnation of torture and the efforts …

Dehumanization–the designation of the unlivable, the unintelligible, the ungrievable
inhuman–is that almost unimaginable process by which human beings are rendered so …

First published in 2005. Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man's
relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be …

This article is about torture and the culture of terror, which for most of us, including myself,
are known only through the words of others. Thus my concern is with the mediation of the …

National liberation, national renaissance, the restoration of nationhood to the people,
commonwealth: whatever may be the headings used or the new formulas introduced …