- Summary
- The contributors to this volume use their expertise in Holocaust studies to reflect on ethical, religious, and legal aspects of torture then and now. Their inquiry grapples with the euphemistic language often used to disguise torture and with the question of whether torture ever constitutes a "necessary evil." Differences of opinion reverberate, raising deeper questions: Can trust be restored? What steps can we as individuals and as a society take to move closer to a world in which torture is unthinkable?
- Series
- The Stephen S. Weinstein series in post-Holocaust studies
Stephen S. Weinstein series in post-Holocaust studies.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Seattle ; London : University of Washington Press, [2017]
©2017
- Contents
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Prologue: The questions of torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth
Torture during the Holocaust : responsible witnessing / Leonard Grob
Torture / Björn Krondorfer
Speech under torture : bearing witness to the howl / Dorota Glowacka
Johann Baptist Neuhäusler and torture in Dachau / Suzanne Brown-Fleming
Emerging Halachic debate about torture / Peter J. Haas
Torture in light of the Holocaust : an impossible possibility / Didier Pollefeyt
Justification of suffering : Holocaust theodicy and torture / Sarah K. Pinnock
Assuaging pain : therapeutic care for torture survivors / Margaret Brearley
Torture and the totalitarian appropriation of the human being from national socialism to Islamic jihadism / David Patterson
Crying out : rape as torture and the responsibility to protect / John K. Roth
Epilogue: Again, the questions of torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Grob, Leonard, editor.
Roth, John K., editor.
- Notes
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A Samuel and Althea Stroum book.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-199) and index.
Prologue: The questions of torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth -- Torture during the Holocaust : responsible witnessing / Leonard Grob -- Torture / Björn Krondorfer -- Speech under torture : bearing witness to the howl / Dorota Glowacka -- Johann Baptist Neuhäusler and torture in Dachau / Suzanne Brown-Fleming -- Emerging Halachic debate about torture / Peter J. Haas -- Torture in light of the Holocaust : an impossible possibility / Didier Pollefeyt -- Justification of suffering : Holocaust theodicy and torture / Sarah K. Pinnock -- Assuaging pain : therapeutic care for torture survivors / Margaret Brearley -- Torture and the totalitarian appropriation of the human being from national socialism to Islamic jihadism / David Patterson -- Crying out : rape as torture and the responsibility to protect / John K. Roth -- Epilogue: Again, the questions of torture / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth.
