Abstract

ALVAREZ, Santiago. What do we call violence in the social sciences?. Hallazgos [online]. 2013, vol.10, n.20, pp.61-71. ISSN 1794-3841.  https://doi.org/10.15332/s1794-3841.2013.0020.04.

This paper aims at reflecting on the ambiguity of the term violence and its practical use in the field of social sciences. It also exposes its main meanings trying to think about the consequences that choosing any of them entails, debates on the usefulness of the concept given its apparent polysemy and discusses the possibility of accepting a minimum transcultural definition. Finally, it attempts to answer the question about which concept is best suited for use as a research tool in the Colombian political conflict.

Keywords : violence; conflict; aggression; gender; symbolic violence; unlawful violence.

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