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Dismembering and Remembering the Nation: The Semantics of Political Violence in Venezuela

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Fernando Coronil  and
Julie Skurski
Fernando Coronil
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan
Julie Skurski
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan
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Although political violence has played a central part in the formation of nations, its historical constitution and its role in representing nations havereceived scant attention. All too frequently the explanation of violence is equated with the identification of its causes, its form is accounted for by its function, and its function is seen in instrumental terms; violence is reduced to a practical tool used by opposing social actors in pursuit of conflicting ends. Whether treated as a cause, function, or instrument, violence is generally assumed rather than examined in its concreteness. Little attention is paid to its specific manifestations, to the way its effects are inseparably related to the means through which it is exerted, and to the meanings that inform its deployment and interpretation. In contrast, typological approaches that postulate a correspondence between types of societies and forms of violence often recognize the opacity of violence yet lose sight of the historical depth and specificity of its manifestations.

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Civil Wrongs
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , April 1991 , pp. 288 - 337
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1991

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