Abstract

BLAIR, Elsa. Violence: new places and / or the "Others". Nueva antropol [online]. 2005, vol.20, n.65, pp.13-28. ISSN 0185-0636.

In Colombia, violence studies have been biased by the political and the sociological approaches. The study of the cultural aspects have been neglected because this kind of perspectives are associated with the belief in a 'culture of violence'. This concept is said to be essentialist and inadequate to deal with the phenomena of violence present in Colombian society. This text claims to overcome the stigmatization of this concept from an anthropological perspective of conflict, in an effort to contribute to the understanding of violence.

Keywords : Violence; guerrilla movements; social conflict; culture.