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ondelette (October 6, 2008 12:36 PM ):
If I've misinterpreted Alice Miller, then okay, I may be wrong. I only read what she posted on her website about torture, which was brief.
Based on what I've read of both Alice Miller and Darius Rejali, Rejali's work is primarily descriptive of torture, whereas Miller's work is primarily explanatory of its wellsprings.
Although I haven't read his book, I've now read two of his essays one of which was published here at Salon (http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2004/06/18/torture_1/index3.html).
What can you cite in his book or essays that explains why people torture their fellow human beings, rather than just describing its manifestations throughout history?
