The politics of pain
Subtitle: torturers and their masters
By: Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid, editors
Series: Publication -- #45; Publication (Rijksuniverseit te Leiden. Centrum voor Onderzoek van Maatschappelijke Tegenstellingen) -- no. 45
Publisher: Centrum voor Onderzoek van Maatschappelijke Tegenstellingen
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Torture; Congresses; Case studies; Human rights
Notes: "This volume derives from the third PI00M symposium ... held at Leiden University in October 1991"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references and a bibliography on torture (p. [185]-220).
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Nigel S. Rodley; title: Editors' introduction : the politics of pain / Ronald D. Crelinsten and Alex P. Schmid; title: Opening address : torturers and their masters / Pieter H. Kooijmans; title: The social context of torture : policy process and authority structure / Herbert C. Kelman; title: In their own words : the world of the torturers / Ronald D. Crelinsten; title: The military, torture and human rights : experiences from Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay / Wolfgang S. Heinz; title: Torture : psychological and cultural origins / Ervin Staub; title: Somoza's national guide : a study of human rights abuses, psychological health and moral development / F. Allodi; title: The official torturer : a learning model for obedience to the authority of violence / Mika Haritos-Fatouros.