Published 1999
by University of California Press in Berkeley .
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-272) and index.
| Statement | Ervand Abrahamian. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | HV8599.I7 A37 1999 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | vii, 279 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 279 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL380754M |
| ISBN 10 | 0520216237, 0520218663 |
| LC Control Number | 98042989 |
About the Book. The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments. The role of torture in recent Iranian politics is the subject of Ervand Abrahamian's important and disturbing book. Although Iran officially banned torture in the early twentieth century, Abrahamian provides documentation of its use under the Shahs and of the widespread utilization of torture and public confession under the Islamic Republican governments.4/5(2). Tortured confessions. Tortured Voices: Personal Accounts of Burma's Interrogation Centers This book offers a sustained demonstration of the way in which works of art can help us to explore.
Tortured Confessions: This book, like most, is a joint effort by many. and the European witch-hunters. Prisoners could be tortured into giving confessions and recantations. These could be taped—with little effort and cost—then edited, polished, and, if necessary, remade from scratch. The final product could be aired on radio and. Tortured Confessions Abrahamian's book Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran coverts political repressions against opposition movements both before and after the Islamic Revolution, ending with the mass executions of Alma mater: St. John's College, Oxford . Tortured Confessions Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran. by Ervand Abrahamian Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. $ (paper). Reviewed by Daniel PipesAuthor: Daniel Pipes. Regarding Hans Aumeier, there has so far been little evidence that he was tortured at all. In his book on Hitler and Stalin, German historian Prof. Dr. Werner Maser claimed that Aumeier had made a confession about the operation and death toll of the Auschwitz gas chambers “very obviously without force.” [11].
Tortured Confessions: Prisons and Public Recantations in Modern Iran by Ervand Abrahamian ().. Since the publication of his Iran Between Two Revolutions in , Abrahamian has become one of the most influential historians of modern Iran. This latest book is also a valuable contribution to the growing field of international human rights studies. down its newspaper, purged its members from the ministries, jettisoned some radical legislation, especially land reform, and, most serious of all, made the fatal decision in mid– to take the war into Iraqi territory after the liberation of Khorram-shahr. [] Urging acceptance of a UN peace offer, the Tudeh warned that the continuation of the war would "play into the hands of the. Although few in Iran had read the potent Western works on tortured confessions, Iran has a rich genre of prison literature going back to the s. The genre began in when Bozorg Alavi, a young Marxist writer just released from prison, published two best-sellers Author: Ervand Abrahamian. Review Extract: Tortured Confessions presents an innovative perspective on the relationship between torture and propaganda. While much has been written about the way propaganda spurs and sanctifies torture by demonizing "the enemy," few have explored the way torture itself is used to create propaganda. Abrahamian's work explores how the primary purpose of torture in Iran has been to extract Author: Fatma E. Marouf.
