Colonial Terror - Torture and State Violence in Colonial India

This title explores the legal role of torture and other violence as it was used in colonial ruling. It rigorously attempts to theorize the nature of this violence, including its materiality and its effects on the bodies of the colonized, and those who perpetrated it. This book provides a full examination of the history of torture in colonial India.

List of contents

• Introduction: Torture, Empire, and the Exception


• 1: Violence, the Exception and Bare Life


• 2: The Facilitators I: Policing


• 3: The Facilitators II: Law and 'Justice'


• 4: The Perpetrators


• Conclusion: Torture in a State of Exception

About the author

Deana Heath received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and has since held academic posts in four countries: the United States, Ireland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Additionally, she has been the beneficiary of grants from numerous national and international funding bodies, including the Independent Social Research Foundation, The Indian Council for Cultural Relations, The Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The American Institute of Indian Studies, and the Fulbright Scholar Programme. She is currently Chair of Indian and Colonial History at the University of Liverpool.

Summary

This title explores the legal role of torture and other violence as it was used in colonial ruling. It rigorously attempts to theorize the nature of this violence, including its materiality and its effects on the bodies of the colonized, and those who perpetrated it. This book provides a full examination of the history of torture in colonial India.

Additional text

This study is extremely helpful for researchers, academics working in the area of Indian colonial history in general and specialists on state violence and police torture in particular.

Product details

• Authors: Heath , Deana Heath, Deana (Professor of Indian and Colonial His Heath, Deana (Professor of Indian and Colonial History Heath, Deana (Reader in Indian and Colonial Histor Heath, Prof Deana (Chair of Indian and Colonial Hi Heath, Heath Deana
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2021
• EAN: 9780192893932
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289393-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Penology, India, LAW / Government / General, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, HISTORY / Asia / South / General