Torture: the Role of Ideology in the French-Algerian War

New York: Praeger, 1989. x, 214 pages; 25 cm; bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index. Fine. Hardcover. ISBN: 0275932486; 9780275932480

Uncommon. Contents: Introduction -- Torture -- International Human Rights Law -- Mission Civilisatrice: Ideology, Practice, Implications -- Methodology -- Narrative of Projected Chapters -- Discourse of the French Government. Protection of the Individual by State -- France's System of Justice with respect to Algeria -- International Legal Norms -- Government Responses to Accounts of Torture -- Charles de Gaulle. Discourse of the French Military. Substantive Content -- Arrangement of Chapter -- Discourse of Soldiers -- Discourse of the Commanders. Discourse of the Intellectuals -- "Intellectuals" in Context -- Universalism -- Intellectuals as a Political Factor -- Wartime Activities of Intellectuals -- Availability of Public Information on Torture -- Discourse of Intellectuals -- Discourse of Intellectuals Who Were Tortured -- Conclusions. Summary and Conclusions. The Civilizing Mission's Historic Underevaluation -- The Civilizing Mission in French Theory and Practice on Rights -- The Civilizing Mission Ideology and Torture -- Antinomies of the Ideology -- Rights in France.;Published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Maran's penetrating study looks in depth at the use of torture during the French-Algerian War (1954-62) to reveal the failure of that liberal democratic state to uphold its obligations on rights. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. PorPolitical prisoners -- Algeria -- History. Human rights -- Algeria -- History. Political prisoners -- Algeria -- History. Human Rights -- history Torture -- Algérie -- Histoire. Prisonniers politiques -- Algérie -- Histoire. Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Algérie -- Histoire. Atrocities French colonies Human rights Colonies -- Administration Political prisoners Torture Algerienkrieg Folter Geschichte Kolonialverwaltung Menschenrechtsverletzung Human rights. Torture -- Algeria. Political prisoners -- Algeria. Time: 1954-1962