Torture and Truth (Routledge Revivals)
Author:   Page duBois
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781138203624


Pages:   172
Publication Date:   07 June 2016
Format:   Hardback
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First published in 1991, this book — through the examination of ancient Greek literary, philosophical and legal texts — analyses how the Athenian torture of slaves emerged from and reinforced the concept of truth as something hidden in the human body. It discusses the tradition of understanding truth as something that is generally concealed and the ideas of ‘secret space’ in both the female body and the Greek temple. This philosophy and practice is related to Greek views of the ‘Other’ (women and outsiders) and considers the role of torture in distinguishing slave and free in ancient Athens. A wide range of perspectives — from Plato to Sartre — are employed to examine the subject.

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Author:   Page duBois
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138203624


ISBN 10:   1138203629
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   07 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Rome, 1985 2. Touchstone 3. The Law 4. Slavery and Freedom 5. Torture 6. The Slave’s Truth 7. Torture and Writing 8. Buried Truth 9. Some Pre-Socrates 10. Plato’s Truth 11. Democracy 12. Plato and Heidegger 13. Criticism/Self-Criticism 14. Women, the Body, and Torture; References

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