Civilizing torture: an American tradition
The pilgrims and merchants who first came to America from Europe professed an intention to create a society free of the barbarism of Old World tyranny and New World savagery. But over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis at home and abroad and have debated its legi...
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| Zusammenfassung: | The pilgrims and merchants who first came to America from Europe professed an intention to create a society free of the barbarism of Old World tyranny and New World savagery. But over the centuries Americans have turned to torture during moments of crisis at home and abroad and have debated its legitimacy in defense of law and order. From the Indian wars to Civil War POW prisons and early penitentiaries, from "the third degree" in police stations and racial lynchings to the War on Terror, US institutions have proven to be far more amenable to torture than the nation's professed commitment to liberty would suggest. Legal and racial inequality fostered many opportunities for state agents to wield excessive power, which they justified as essential for American safety and well-being. Reconciling state violence with the aspirations of Americans for social and political justice is an enduring challenge. By tracing the historical debates about the efficacy of torture and the attempt to adapt it to democratic values, Civilizing Torture reveals the recurring struggle to decide what limits Americans are willing to impose on the power of the state. At a time of escalating rhetoric aimed at cleansing the nation of the undeserving, as well as ongoing military involvement in conflicts around the world, the debate over torture remains a critical and unresolved part of America's tradition.... |
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/ BRUNDAGE, W. FITZHUGHYYQ(WILLIAM FITZHUGH)YYD1959-YYEAUTHOR
: 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS / INHALTSVERZEICHNIS
INTRODUCTION: A QUESTION OF CIVILIZATION
THE MANNERS OF BARBARIANS
DISCIPLINE IN A YOUNG DEMOCRACY
CRUELTY AND THE PARADOX OF SLAVE PROPERTY
TORTURE IN THE BROTHERS WAR
IMPERIALIST EXCESSES
POLICE STATION TRESPASSES
COLD WAR BRUTALITY
THE ENEMY WITHIN
DIESES SCHRIFTSTUECK WURDE MASCHINELL ERZEUGT.
THE
PILGRIMS AND MERCHANTS WHO FIRST
CAME TO AMERICA FROM EUROPE PROFESSED
AN
INTENTION TO CREATE A SOCIETY FREE OF
THE BARBARISM OF OLD WORLD TYRANNY
AND NEW WORLD SAVAGERY. BUT OVER THE
CENTURIES AMERICANS HAVE TURNED TO
TORTURE DURING MOMENTS OF CRISIS AT
HOME AND ABROAD AND HAVE
DEBATED
ITS
LEGITIMACY IN
DEFENSE
OF LAW AND ORDER.
FROM
THE
INDIAN
WARS TO
CIVIL
WAR POW
PRISONS AND EARLY PENITENTIARIES, FROM
THE
THIRD
DEGREE
IN POLICE STATIONS AND
RACIAL
LYNCHINGS TO THE WAR ON TERROR, U.S.
INSTITUTIONS HAVE PROVEN TO BE FAR MORE
AMENABLE TO TORTURE THAN THE NATION S
PROFESSED COMMITMENT TO LIBERTY WOULD
SUGGEST.
LEGAL AND RACIAL INEQUALITY
FOSTERED MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STATE
AGENTS
TO WIELD EXCESSIVE POWER, WHICH
THEY
JUSTIFIED
AS ESSENTIAL FOR AMERICAN
SAFETY AND WELL-BEING.
RECONCILING STATE VIOLENCE WITH THE
ASPIRATIONS OF AMERICANS FOR SOCIAL AND
POLITICAL
JUSTICE IS AN ENDURING CHALLENGE.
BY
TRACING THE HISTORICAL
DEBATES
ABOUT
THE EFFICACY OF TORTURE AND THE ATTEMPT TO
ADAPT IT TO DEMOCRATIC VALUES, CIVILIZING
TORTURE
REVEALS THE RECURRING STRUGGLE TO
DECIDE
WHAT LIMITS AMERICANS ARE WILLING
TO IMPOSE ON THE POWER OF THE STATE. AT
A
TIME OF ESCALATING RHETORIC AIMED AT
CLEANSING THE NATION OF THE UNDESERVING,
AS WELL AS
ONGOING
MILITARY INVOLVEMENT
IN
CONFLICTS AROUND THE WORLD, THE
DEBATE
OVER TORTURE REMAINS A CRITICAL AND
UNRESOLVED PART OF AMERICA S TRADITION.
W.
FITZHUGH BRUNDAGE IS
WILLIAM
B.
UMSTEAD PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT THE
UNIVERSITY
OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL
HILL.
HE
RECEIVED A GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP FOR
HIS
PRESENT WORK ON TORTURE IN AMERICAN
HISTORY. BRUNDAGE HAS WRITTEN EXTENSIVELY
ON
RACIAL
INEQUALITY AND VIOLENCE, FROM
SEGREGATION
TO LYNCHING.
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