Torture and Racism

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_16154
dc.contributor.author	Gjergji Iside
dc.title	Torture and Racism. A Brief Insight into an Age-Old and Intimate Relationship
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	At the basis of the development of capitalism, fed from the beginning with low-cost and high-productivity labour, there are two elements that operate in symbiosis: racism and torture. One feeds on the other, because both are an expression of the same hierarchical violence, created and applied with the aim to subjugate, control and devalue the workforce. This essay aims to explore the historical and intimate link between torture and racism, also putting into play an important analytical category: political economy.
dc.relation.ispartof	Società e trasformazioni sociali
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2023-01-11
dc.dateAccepted	2022-05-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-04-25
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-636-7/torture-and-racism/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-635-0/002
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9085
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9689
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-636-7
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-635-0
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Exploitation
dc.subject	Racism
dc.subject	Social classes
dc.subject	Torture
dc.subject	Violence

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Torture and Racism

A Brief Insight into an Age-Old and Intimate Relationship

Iside Gjergji Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

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abstract

At the basis of the development of capitalism, fed from the beginning with low-cost and high-productivity labour, there are two elements that operate in symbiosis: racism and torture. One feeds on the other, because both are an expression of the same hierarchical violence, created and applied with the aim to subjugate, control and devalue the workforce. This essay aims to explore the historical and intimate link between torture and racism, also putting into play an important analytical category: political economy.

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Jan. 11, 2023

Accepted

May 26, 2022

Submitted

April 25, 2022

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978-88-6969-636-7

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978-88-6969-635-0

Keywords: Torture • Social classes • Violence • Exploitation • Racism

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