Rhetoric in the Time of Torture

Rhetoric in the Time of Torture offers a renewed attention to the rhetorical and temporal dimensions of torture, in light of the U.S.'s post-9/11 reliance on heavy interrogation techniques. Laura A. Sparks highlights where rhetorical theory fits into a world in which people torture others to make them speak.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: We Don't Torture; Or, the Problem of Correspondence
Chapter 2: The Temporal Logic of Interruption
Chapter 3: Imminent Time and the Bureaucratic Groundwork
Chapter 4: Prisoner Time; Or, the Time that Unmakes the World
Chapter 5: Surveillance Time and Material Traces
Chapter 6: Making Advocacy
References
About the Author

About the author

By Laura A. Sparks

Summary

Rhetoric in the Time of Torture offers a renewed attention to the rhetorical and temporal dimensions of torture, in light of the U.S.’s post-9/11 reliance on heavy interrogation techniques. Laura A. Sparks highlights where rhetorical theory fits into a world in which people torture others to make them speak.

Product details

• Authors: Laura A. Sparks
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781666921809
• ISBN: 978-1-66692-180-9
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Politics & government, Communication Studies, Politics and government, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc