Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. One The “Insignificant Incident” and Its Aftermath 23
6. Two Alien to Modernity 45
7. Three Raping the Dead 77
8. Four Killers, Torturers, Sadists, and Collaborators 93
9. Five Revolutionary Justice 120
10. Six Cruel Survival 152
11. Seven Tortured Souls 172
12. Eight The Ghostly Arts 192
13. Nine Apocalypse Now 214
14. Afterword. Hypocrite Modernity 247
15. Notes 253
16. Bibliography 279
17. Index 297