Shifting Imaginaries in the War on Terror. The Rise and Fall of
the Ticking Bomb Torturer

J 2016

Shifting Imaginaries in the War on Terror. The Rise and Fall of the Ticking Bomb Torturer

BINDER, Werner

Základní údaje

Originální název

Shifting Imaginaries in the War on Terror. The Rise and Fall of the Ticking Bomb Torturer

Autoři

BINDER, Werner (276 Německo, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Social Imaginaries, 2016, 2393-2503

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50000 5. Social Sciences

Stát vydavatele

Rumunsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/16:00089878

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Social imaginary; symbolic order; cultural sociology; morality; torture; September 11; Abu Ghraib

Štítky

Abu Ghraib, cultural sociology, morality, September 11, social imaginary, symbolic order, torture

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 10. 5. 2016 10:59, Dr. Werner Binder

Anotace

V originále

This analysis employs the concept of social imaginary to account for recent shifts in the imagination, discourse and practice of torture. It is motivated by a broader ambition to highlight the importance of the imaginary vis-a-vis the symbolic, which still dominates theoretical debates in cultural sociology. Culture does not only consist of codes and symbols, but also encompasses collectively shared imaginary signifi cations. Only by paying tribute to the imaginary dimension of culture, we are able to understand how codes and symbols work. The importance of the social imaginary will be demonstrated through an analysis of the impact of 9/11 and the Abu Ghraib scandal on the American torture discourse. The terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers did not bring up new arguments in favor of torture, but changed the social imaginary by turning the so-called ‘ticking bomb scenario’ from a mere thought experiment into a real possibility. The publicized abuses at the Abu Ghraib prison had an opposite effect: The infamous photographs changed the imagination of torture which in turn strengthened its critics.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1352/2014, interní kód MU

Název: Analytické využití teoretických konceptů v sociálních vědách (Akronym: ATHOS)

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Analytické využití teoretických konceptů v sociálních vědách, DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Přiložené soubory

Binder_2016_-_Shifting_Imaginaries.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

BINDER, Werner. Shifting Imaginaries in the War on Terror. The Rise and Fall of the Ticking Bomb Torturer. Social Imaginaries. 2016, roč. 2, č. 1, s. 219-250. ISSN 2393-2503.

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