Torture & modernity : self, society, and state in modern Iran / Darius M. Rejali.
Torture & modernity : self, society, and state in modern Iran / Darius M. Rejali.
Torture & modernity : self, society, and state in modern Iran / Darius M. Rejali.
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Boulder : Westview Press, 1994.
Date
1994.
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English
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xviii, 289 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction. How to Study Torture. In What Way Is Torture Modern? How to Read This Book -- Pt. 1. Disciplines and Tortures -- Foucault's Iran. 2. Qajar Punishments. The Offense of Bodies. The Conduct of Bodies. The Power to Take Life. Carnival of Signs. Shahs and Clerics. 3. Disciplinary Practic...
Tutelary Practices. Islam and Punishment. Reasons of State. Revolution and Terror -- Pt. 3. Orienting Modernity. 9. Questioning the Subject. 10. The Rationalization of Iranians. Punishment and Rationalization. Historical Ontologies. State Capacity. 11. How Not to Talk About Torture. The Humanist App...
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Boulder : Westview Press, 1994.
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Torture and modernity.
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Colorado
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1994.
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Torture & modernity : self, society, and state in modern Iran / Darius M. Rejali.
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Torture and modernity.
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Institutional structures of feeling.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-276) and index.
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081331660X (alk. paper)
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365.645
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991021695229702626
