Book talks: The Anatomy of Torture with Ron Hassner

In this episode, former TPV editor Lawrence Rubin interviews Ron Hassner, who is Chancellor’s Professor of Political Science at Berkeley were he also holds the Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies. He researches the role of ideas, practices and symbols in international security, and he is interested in the relationship between religion and violence. He is a world leading scholar in his research about the politics of interrogational torture and for this episode he was interviewed about his recently published book Anatomy of Torture and his recently published article “Persuasive and Unpersuasive Arguments against Torture”.
Terrorism and Political Violence is a podcast series produced by the Journal of Terrorism and Political Violence (TPV) in collaboration with Utrecht University. This podcast is comprised of two types of episodes. In Issues up close, editors of the TPV journal will discuss a range of subjects from prominent issues covered by the journal such as the history of terrorism, its causes and consequences, questions concerning political violence and major global trends and threats. In our Book Talks episodes, editors will host conversations with experts from across the field to discuss their current work. More information about this series, and other episodes, can be found on www.uu.nl/tpv. With special thanks to Pieter Veen for the soundtrack.