PATURET, Jean- Bernard. Pensar a crueldade no coração da política. Trivium []. 2012, 4, 1, pp.1-9. ISSN 2176-4891.

If, as shows psychoanalysis, there is no evolution of the human psyche that the death instinct participates; If the tyrannical temptation inhabits the core of the social and political; If the enjoyment of torture and cruelty appears almost systematically in all human societies, then, the reaffirmation of the rights of man and the organization of international courts become increasingly necessary, and at the same time a "threat" for tyrants and, above all, "justice" to the human community.

: death drive; cruelty; human rights; justice.

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