Abu Ghraib and Beyond: Torture as an Extension of the Desiring Machine
In his discussion of Dante’s Inferno, Edward Said writes that “Maometto” or Mohammed occupies the eighth circle in the nine circles of Hell, belonging to “a rigid hierarchy of evils.” According to Said, “Maometto” is “endlessly being cleft in two from his chin to his anus,” a punishment in Dante’s...
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Milano University Press
2012-11-01
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| Series: | Altre Modernità |
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| Online Access: | https://riviste.unimi.it/index.php/AMonline/article/view/2557 |