The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized TortureOriginal research, including interviews with former Greek torturers, is supplemented by discussion of former studies, military records and other sources, to provide disturbing but valuable insights into the psychology of torture. The book describes parallel situations such as the rites of passage in pre-industrial societies and cults, elite Corps military training and college hazing, eventually concluding that the torturer is not born, but made. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 Approach and methodology | 7 |
3 The Greek situation | 21 |
4 Transforming ordinary men into torturers | 31 |
5 Case study of a chief torturer | 66 |
A sufficient explanation? | 90 |
7 Psychological theories on the origins of torture | 117 |
8 Reconstruction processes in the formation of torturers | 162 |
9 Parallels to comparisons | 188 |
10 Epilogue | 229 |
Appendix The historical context | 242 |
Notes | 245 |
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The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture Mika Haritos-Fatouros No preview available - 2003 |
The Psychological Origins of Institutionalized Torture Mika Haritos-Fatouros No preview available - 2015 |
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