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Conceived in the immediate aftermath of the humiliations and killings of prisoners in Afghanistan and Iraq, of the suicides and hunger strikes at Guantanamo Bay and of the disappearances of detainees through extraordinary rendition, this book explores the connections between these shameful events and the inhumanity and degradation of domestic prisons within the allied' states, including the USA, Canada, Australia, the UK and Ireland. The central theme is that the revelations of extreme brutality perpetrated by allied soldiers represent the inevitable end-product of domestic incarceration predicated on the use of extreme violence including lethal force. Exposing as fiction the claim to the political moral high ground made by western liberal democracies is critical because such claims animate and legitimate global actions such as the war on terror' and the indefinite detention of tens of thousands of people by the United States which accompanies it. The myth of moral virtue works to hide, silence, minimize and deny the brutal continuing history of violence and incarceration both within western countries and undertaken on behalf of western states beyond their national borders.

Prison violence. --- Prison violence --- 858.1 Politiek geweld --- Prison victimization --- Violence in prisons --- Violence

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Aanslagen, excessen, rellen: geweld is aan de orde van de dag. Slavoj Zizek analyseert de complexe werkelijkheid achter dit gewelddadige oppervlak. In 'Geweld' onderscheidt Zizek drie vormen van geweld: subjectief geweld (misdaad, terreur), symbolisch geweld (racisme, discriminatie) en systemisch geweld (onze politieke en economische orde). De maatregelen die wij nemen om subjectief geweld te bestrijden, versterken juist de andere geweldsvormen. In zes beschouwingen analyseert Zizek de actualiteit. Gebeurtenissen uit de recente geschiedenis worden daarbij afgewisseld door filosofische analyses en verhelderd door voorbeelden uit de 'hoge' en de 'lage' cultuur.

Philosophy and psychology of culture --- 130.2 --- 811 Filosofie --- 858.1 Politiek geweld --- 811.1 Rechtvaardige oorlog --- Filosofie van de cultuur. Cultuurfilosofie. Cultuursystemen. Kultuurfilosofie --- 130.2 Filosofie van de cultuur. Cultuurfilosofie. Cultuursystemen. Kultuurfilosofie --- Community organization --- Sociology