Violence and Contemporaneity

Authors

  • Irme Salete Bonamigo UNOCHAPECÓ - Chapecó - SC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1414-49802008000200006

Abstract

 

This article discusses the etymological meaning of the term violence, analyzes the multiple possibilities of the definition and practices considered violent today. Contemporaneity is understood through a reference to Ulrich Beck’s theory of the global society of risks, which allows conceiving violence as contemporaneous configurations, linked to imprevisibility and to the risks that compose the current world. It identifies the emerging discourse of security as a possibility to mobilize people and legitimize practices of vigilance and social control, constituting a strategy of access and maintenance of the power of governing a municipality, state or nation. The paper presents some theoretical-methodological proposals for the study of contemporary violence, based on the study conducted and on the sociology of actor-network.

Author Biography

Irme Salete Bonamigo, UNOCHAPECÓ - Chapecó - SC

Possui graduação em Psicologia pela UFPR (1987), mestrado em Psicologia Social pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1997), e doutorado em Psicologia Social pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (2007), com período sanduíche na Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (FR). Atualmente é professora da UNOCHAPECÓ. Têm experiência na área de Psicologia, com ênfase em processos grupais e produção de subjetividades na contemporaneidade e pesquisa principalmente os seguintes temas: contemporaneidade e violências, políticas públicas, práticas psicológicas e história da psicologia. Atualmente é coordenadora do Núcleo ABRAPSO Chapecó.

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Published

2008-01-01

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2008): Violência: expressões na contemporaneidade

Section

Essay

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