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Автор: Tracy Larissa
Название: Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature
ISBN: 1843843935 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843843931
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: A new look at the way in which medieval European literature depicts torture and brutality.

Автор: Hestir
Название: Plato on the Metaphysical Foundation of Meaning and Truth
ISBN: 1107132320 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107132320
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Blake E. Hestir`s examination of passages from Plato`s Cratylus, Parmenides, Theaetetus and Sophist sheds new light on Plato`s conception of meaning and truth, bringing it into dialogue with contemporary truth theory, metaphysics, and semantics, as well as highlighting new and striking parallels between Plato and Aristotle.

Автор: Farrell
Название: The Prohibition of Torture in Exceptional Circumstances
ISBN: 1316603415 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316603413
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Rather than engaging the question of whether torture can be justified in exceptional circumstances, Michelle Farrell asks how and why torture has become such a central subject of debate and critiques existing legal and moral approaches to torture with the aim of turning the debate on its head.

Автор: Tracy Larissa
Название: Torture and Brutality in Medieval Literature
ISBN: 1843842882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781843842880
Издательство: Boydell & Brewer
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Описание: An ugly subject, but one that needs to be treated thoroughly and comprehensively, with a discreet wit and no excessive relish. These needs are richly satisfied in Larissa Tracy's bold and important book. DEREK PEARSALL, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University. Torture - that most notorious aspect of medieval culture and society - has evolved into a dominant mythology, suggesting that the Middle Ages was a period during which sadistic torment was inflicted on citizens with impunity and without provocation: popular museums displaying such gruesome implements as the rack, the strappado, the gridiron, the wheel, and the Iron Maiden can be found in many modern European cities. These lurid images of medieval torture have re-emerged within recent discussions on American foreign policy and the introduction of torture legislation as a weapon in the "War on Terror", and raised questions about its history and reality, particularly given its proliferation in some literary genres and its relative absence in others. This book challenges preconceived ideas about the prevalence of torture and judicial brutality in medieval society by arguing that their portrayal in literature is not mimetic. Instead, it argues that the depictions of torture and brutality represent satire, critique and dissent; they have didactic and political functions in opposing the status quo. Torture and brutality are intertextual literary motifs that negotiate cultural anxieties of national identity; by situating these practices outside their own boundaries in the realm of the barbarian "Other", medieval and early-modern authors define themselves and their nations in opposition to them. Works examined range from Chaucer to the Scandinavian sagas to Shakespeare, enabling a true comparative approach to be taken. Larissa Tracy is Associate Professor, Longwood University.

Автор: Luban
Название: Torture, Power, and Law
ISBN: 110765629X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107656291
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Philosopher and legal ethicist David Luban is one of the leading US voices in the torture debate. This volume brings together his most important writings on torture and executive power and includes two new essays which analyze what torture is and discuss the Obama administration`s failure to hold torturers accountable.

Автор: Luban
Название: Torture, Power, and Law
ISBN: 1107051096 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107051096
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Philosopher and legal ethicist David Luban is one of the leading US voices in the torture debate. This volume brings together his most important writings on torture and executive power and includes two new essays which analyze what torture is and discuss the Obama administration`s failure to hold torturers accountable.