The Worldwide Practice of Torture: A Preliminary Report - Softcover

Edgerton, Robert B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773407960 ISBN 13: 9780773407961

Publisher: Em Texts, 2007

Synopsis

This work, written by an accomplished anthropologist, provides vivid accounts of the horrific practice of torture from around the world, along with explanations from the torturers as to how they could carry out such acts and accounts from victims of torture, detailing their experiences. The result is a book that offers readers a glimpse of what may be mankind's most appalling behavior. Readers should be cautioned that their reading will like be a painful one.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Edgerton has been on the faculty of UCLA since 1962.His research spans a number of areas, especially warfare.

Review

"Dr. Robert Edgerton artfully describes torture by taking us on a Cook's Tour that transports us from Africa to Asia to the New World... Edgerton offers no apology for torture, a path some scholars have recently taken. He quite emphatically asserts that torture is 'a plague upon humanity.'" - Professor Keith Otterbein Department of Anthropology State University of New York at Buffalo "In this comprehensive global survey, we learn that torture is found in virtually all human societies... There is a lesson here for all." - Professor Philip L Kilbride Department of Anthropology Bryn Mawr College "As in many of his earlier works, Dr. Edgerton bravely confronts behavior that many of us would prefer not to acknowledge... The book does not set out to explain torture, but to document its occurrence in a wide range of settings. Edgerton does not flinch and thus has presented the field with a book that may be difficult for some to read, but of great value to the field." - Dr. Jill E. Korbin Professor of Anthropology Case Western Reserve University"

Edition details

• Publisher: Em Texts
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773407960
• ISBN 13: 9780773407961
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130