The psychological origins of institutionalized torture /

The psychological origins of institutionalized torture /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Haritos-Fatouros, Mika, 1930-2014.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 270 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Routledge research international series in social psychology ; 4 Routledge research international series in social psychology ; 4.
Subject:	Torture -- Psychological aspects. State-sponsored terrorism. Torture -- Greece. State-sponsored terrorism. Torture. Torture -- Psychological aspects. Greece. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301420

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ISBN:	9781135646646 1135646643 9780203714997 0203714997 0415282764 9780415282765 9781135646783 1135646783 9781135646714 1135646716 9781138880269 1138880264 1283886383 9781283886383
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-261) and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	Original 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.Of essential interest to academics and students interested in social psychology and related disciplines, this book will also be extremely valuable.
Other form:	Print version: Haritos-Fatouros, Mika, 1930- Psychological origins of institutionalized torture. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415282764

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Approach and methodology
3. The Greek situation
4. Transforming ordinary men into torturers
5. Case study of a chief torturer
6. Dispositional factors in Greek torturers : a sufficient explanation?
7. Psychological theories on the origins of torture
8. Reconstruction processes in the formation of torturers
9. Parallels to comparisons
10. Epilogue.