Abstract

BARRERA-MACHADO, Daniela  and  VILLA-GOMEZ, Juan David. Psychosocial Barriers for Peace and Reconciliation. Ágora U.S.B. [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.2, pp.459-478. ISSN 1657-8031.  https://doi.org/10.21500/16578031.3828.

Amidst the situations of degraded armed conflict and prolonged political violence, such as that experienced in Colombia for more than 70 years, certain social sectors unfold processes of ideological standpoint through a series of discursive and rhetorical, communicative, media, and educational mechanisms, which give rise to the configuration of psychosocial barriers to the construction of peace and reconciliation. These barriers refer to a network of narratives of the past as victimized collective memories, rigid social beliefs, and political emotions of hatred, anger, fear, disgust, and humiliation, which dehumanize the adversary, polarize so ciety, and legitimize violence. In this way, ideological standpoint proces ses traverse subjectivity and shape a warlike culture, which constitutes the cultural and psychosocial foundation of violence, whose transforma tion is imperative in order to build peace, reconciliation, and democracy.

Keywords : Peace; Ideology; Psychosocial Barriers; Collective Memories; Social Beliefs; and Political Emotions..

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