Book Note: Reviewing "Tortured Confessions" Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • 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 ideological recantations from prisoners.

published proceedings

  • Harvard Human Rights Journal

author list (cited authors)

  • Marouf, F. E.

complete list of authors

  • Marouf, Fatma E

publication date

  • January 2000