NDLI: Torture: A Modicum of Recognition

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Rogers, Juliet
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Torture has reappeared in liberal democracies in the guise of anti-terrorism strategies. The acceptance of its use and the fascination with the images and documents that indicate the pain and suffering of the tortured point to more than a belief in the need for torture to counter terrorist threats. This fascination implies an enjoyment on the part of the liberal subject who is looking on while the other subject is being beaten. In this article I consider the liberal subject’s acceptance of and fascination with the scene of torture. I argue that the scene of torture, as imagined by the subject looking on, provides a formula for the relief of anxiety in the liberal subject who does not know if s/he will be subject to torture at any time. To consider this scene I analyze Donald Rumsfeld’s annotation to the ‘Action Memo’ which sanctioned torture and, through the work of Freud, Lacan and Santner, I explore the position of contemporary sovereigns in their function as providing transcendental signification for the subject seeking recognition and relief in the sovereign’s gaze.
Starting Page	233
Ending Page	245
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09578536
Journal	Law and Critique
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728617
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-07-27
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Anxiety Enjoyment Freud Immanence Lacan Liberal subject Sovereignty Torture Criminology & Criminal Justice Political Philosophy Law Theory/Law Philosophy Roman Law/Law History/Canon Law Philosophy of Law
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Law

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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