Violence in society

The recent interest in the sociology of violence has arisen at the same time that western societies are being urged to consider the profound social crisis provoked by global financial turmoil. Social changes demand the evo-lution of sociological practices.The analysis herein proposed, based on the studies of M. Wieviorka, La Violence (2005), and of R. Collins, Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (2008), concludes that violence is subject to sociological treatments cen-tered on the aggressors, on the struggles for power and on male gender. There is a lack of connection between prac-tical proposals for violence prevention and the sociol-ogy of violence. It is accepted that violence as a subject of study has the potential, as well as the theoretical and social centrality, to promote the debate necessary to bring social theory up to date. This process is more likely to oc-cur in periods of social transformation, when sociology is open to considering subjects that are still taboo in its study of violence, such as the female gender and the state.The rise of the sociology of violence confronts us with a dilemma. We can either collaborate with the construc-tion of a sub discipline that reproduces the limitations and taboos of current social theory, or we can use the fact that violence has become a “hot topic” as an opportunity to open sociology to themes that are taboo in social the-ory (such as the vital and harmonious character of the biological aspects of social mechanisms or the normative aspects of social settings).

• Fecha de publicación: 2014
• Institución: Corporación Universitaria Americana
• Repositorio: Repositorio Corporación Universitaria Americana
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.americana.edu.co:001/482
• Acceso en línea: https://doi.org/10.21803/pensam.v7i13.103; https://repositorio.americana.edu.co/; https://repositorio.americana.edu.co/handle/001/482
• Palabra clave: Social theory; Violence; Women’s movements; Taboo; Society; State; Teoría social; Violencia; Movimietos feministas; Tabú; Sociedad; Estado
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Todos los derechos reservados Corporación Universitaria Americana. 2014