Abstract

ESPINOSA LUNA, Carolina. Five Sociological Premises about Violence. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2019, vol.34, n.97, pp.329-350.  Epub Jan 25, 2020. ISSN 2007-8358.

The author argues that violence, no matter what its specific target, starts off from five basic premises: i) violence cannot be reduced to the individual or society; ii) violence performs social functions of differentiation and integration into the social order; iii) violence creates relational processes of (de)articulation of meaning; iv) violence is defined socially in accordance with criteria of law and morality; and v) societies survive violence through conflict.

Keywords : violence; crime; sociological theory; violence prevention.