Torture and terror post-9/11: The role of social work in responding to torture:
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...Studies contend that the way in which torture is publicly constructed influences people’s attitudes towards the survivors or victims, and can have a long term impact on the broader social fabric (Athey, 2008; Bennett et al., 2006; Crelinsten, 2003; Doucette, 2010; Jones and Sheets, 2009)....
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...In its essence, it destroys language and deconstructs the survivor’s voice, thereby allowing the powerful to redefine the act, shift the focus off the act to whether the person is deserving or undeserving of the treatment, and in the process, creating the Other (Philipose, 2007; Scarry, 1985)....
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...In addition, recent studies from the US contend that the unconsciousness and denial present in a society that condones torture leads to further acts of violence or the legitimization of violence (Crelinsten, 2003), and that this violence becomes racialized and sexualized (Philipose, 2007)....
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...Others point to the push for professionalism by national social work bodies, and that some social workers are captivated by the status that this notion of professionalism affords (Wagner, 2009)....
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...It is this construction of the Other (Fairbain, 2009), relabelled the terrorist or the enemy, as separate from us, and in turn devoid of human qualities that can be afforded human rights and dignity, that is inherent in destroying empathy and disconnecting the survivor from the community (McAlister et al., 2006)....
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...This article argues that it is because social work is a global human rights profession (Ife, 2008), committed to social justice and well-being, it must be actively engaged in counteracting violence, separatist or dehumanizing language and political rhetoric that is misleading or counterintuitive to social cohesion, community well-being and peace with justice (Rees, 2003)....
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...Central to this is understanding the ways in which power is exercised, and concurrently ensuring that where there has been an abuse of power, that the resultant injustice is addressed (Rees, 2003)....
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...…profession (Ife, 2008), committed to social justice and well-being, it must be actively engaged in counteracting violence, separatist or dehumanizing language and political rhetoric that is misleading or counterintuitive to social cohesion, community well-being and peace with justice (Rees, 2003)....
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...These acts, innocuously termed ‘clean’ or ‘torture lite’ may include: isolation, sensory deprivation, forced standing and stress positions, sleep deprivation and waterboarding (Danner, 2009; Rejali, 2007)....
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...As Herman (1997) notes, torture is not just a physical act, but also a political act; it is political violence (see also Danner, 2009)....
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