Torture and Taboo
An Essay Comparing Paradigms of Organized Cruelty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9531389 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Günter Frankenberg (Goethe University Frankfurt, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 403-422 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The American Journal of Comparative Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-919X • E-ISSN: 2326-9197 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5131/ajcl.2007.0011 |
| OpenAlex | W2066477827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay addresses some common misunderstandings about torture also perpetuated in the ongoing debates concerning “rescue” or “necessity torture” and introduces, in a comparative perspective, the structural properties of the different historical and current paradigms of organized state cruelty. Regarding “modern torture” the essay deconstructs its exceptionalism which is based on claims of a specific relationship to law and the rescue motive. The comparative remarks are followed by a brief look at some practical legal problems arising from the concept of “rescue torture” and some strategic and semantic moves to camouflage or deny violations of the torture taboo
Criminology · Cruelty · Exceptionalism · Human rights · Political science · Sociology · Taboo · Torture · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · International Law and Human Rights · Law · Psychology · Torture, Ethics, and Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,44 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2022 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |