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Rhetoric in the Time of Torture

Laura A. Sparks

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Description:In Rhetoric in the Time of Torture, Laura A. Sparks investigates how rhetoric and interrogational torture are imbricated with one another, troubling clear distinctions between persuasion and violence. In light of the U.S. government’s post-9/11 reliance on heavy interrogation techniques, Sparks offers a renewed attention to the rhetorical and temporal dimensions of torture, including the ways in which techniques utilized by military interrogators are intertwined with violent action. The author introduces compelling temporal logics related to imminence, surveillance, and prisoners’ world-times, among others, illuminating how temporal concerns figure in both justifications for and practices of torture. In addition, this book offers a range of case studies, including select torture memos, photographs from Abu Ghraib Detention Center, and opportunities for digital human rights advocacy, to demonstrate how recognizing torture’s rhetorical and temporal dimensions is crucial to our understanding and critique of interrogational torture in the present day. Ultimately, Sparks invites readers to consider where rhetoric fits in a world where people torture others to make them speak. Scholars of communication, rhetoric, and political science will find this book of particular interest.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rhetoric in the Time of Torture. To get started finding Rhetoric in the Time of Torture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 153

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Release: 2023

ISBN: 9781666921816

Description: In Rhetoric in the Time of Torture, Laura A. Sparks investigates how rhetoric and interrogational torture are imbricated with one another, troubling clear distinctions between persuasion and violence. In light of the U.S. government’s post-9/11 reliance on heavy interrogation techniques, Sparks offers a renewed attention to the rhetorical and temporal dimensions of torture, including the ways in which techniques utilized by military interrogators are intertwined with violent action. The author introduces compelling temporal logics related to imminence, surveillance, and prisoners’ world-times, among others, illuminating how temporal concerns figure in both justifications for and practices of torture. In addition, this book offers a range of case studies, including select torture memos, photographs from Abu Ghraib Detention Center, and opportunities for digital human rights advocacy, to demonstrate how recognizing torture’s rhetorical and temporal dimensions is crucial to our understanding and critique of interrogational torture in the present day. Ultimately, Sparks invites readers to consider where rhetoric fits in a world where people torture others to make them speak. Scholars of communication, rhetoric, and political science will find this book of particular interest.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Rhetoric in the Time of Torture. To get started finding Rhetoric in the Time of Torture, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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