History Of Torture

Name: History Of Torture
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

First published in 2005. Torture, an enduring and seemingly not declining aspect of man's relationship to his fellow man, is an enduring thread through human history. Whether it be practiced by primitive people, the ancient Greeks or the Catholic Church, whether it be ancient China, Japan, 1930's Germany, or Northern Ireland today, torture is alarmingly systematic and consistent in its methods. Impaling, burning, rack or wheel, mutilation, drawing and quartering, burning or hanging alive in chains. A very comprehensive and readable work. > PREFACE PART I PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF TORTURE 1. THE MEANING AND LIMITATIONS OF TORTURE III. THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF TORTURE III. SADISM AS A BASIC CAUSE OF TORTURE BY THE INDIVIDUAL IV. THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE IN MASOCHISM V. THE CAUSES OF WHOLESALE OR MASS TORTURE VI. THE EFFECTS OF TORTURE XV. THE WAR UPON TORTURE XVI. SOME NOTORIOUS TORTURERS PART III THE TECHNIQUE OF TORTURE XVII. IMPALING METHODS XVIII. BURNING AT THE STAKE, BRANDINE