Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable 9781595584939

Rationalizing (Vernünfteln) 1108714420, 9781108714426

Kant was a keen psychological observer and theorist of the forms, mechanisms and sources of self-deception. In this Elem

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Torture

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Unthinkable 9781471114557, 1471114554

The UK was shocked to its core in May 2012 when a gang of nine men was convicted of the systematic sexual abuse of disad

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The Enduring Significance of Parmenides: Unthinkable Thought 9781472598042, 9780826499523

Parmenides of Elea is widely regarded as the most important of the Presocratic philosophers and one of the most influent

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The Unthinkable Revolution in Iran 9780674039834

A 1978 CIA analysis firmly concluded that the shah of Iran would remain on the throne for the foreseeable future. One hu

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Memos from the Besieged City: Lifelines for Cultural Sustainability 9780804775779

This is a historical and critical reassessment of the field of comparative literature—the study of cultures and their li

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On the ethics of torture 9781438446219, 1438446217

The question of when, and under what circumstances, the practice of torture might be justified has received a great deal

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Rendition to Torture 9780813553122

Universally condemned and everywhere illegal, torture goes on in democracies as well as in dictatorships. Nonetheless, m

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The Torture Camp on Paradise Street 9780674291096

In the memoir The Torture Camp on Paradise Street, Ukrainian journalist and writer Stanislav Aseyev details his experien

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The Enduring Significance of Parmenides: Unthinkable Thought 082649952X, 9780826499523

Parmenides of Elea is widely regarded as the most important of the Presocratic philosophers and one of the most influent

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