Torture and Truth (Routledge Revivals)

by Page duBois

Book Overview

First published in 1991, this book - through the examination of ancient Greek literary, philosophical and legal texts - analyses how the Athenian torture of slaves emerged from and reinforced the concept of truth as something hidden in the human body. It discusses the tradition of understanding truth as something that is generally concealed and the ideas of 'secret space' in both the female body and the Greek temple. This philosophy and practice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138203645
• ISBN13: 9781138203648
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"