Violence, of one kind or another, is more and more obviously a dimension of everybody's existence, and no wonder it has become a major topic in contemporary thought and research. Yet, because of its deep impact, it needs to be tackled with utmost care even in the impersonal scholarly study. If one just takes up the latest research tool (be it structuralist, deconstructionist, Foucauldian, Saidian, and so forth) and applies it mechanically to dissect the bloody repression of an anti-totalitarian uprising, a rape, a form of genocide, reeducation through torture, or an instance of pseudo-religious sacrifice, something will be lost. The "latest academic book" may prove entirely non-instrumental if its novel tenets and findings are not filtered through one's own discerning thought. To study violence a degree of critical involvement can never be missing.
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Violenta de orice natura este - lucru din ce in ce mai evident - o dimensiune a existentei fiecaruia si de aceea nu este de mirare ca a devenit un subiect major pentru ginditorii si cercetatorii contemporani. Daca se incearca aplicarea mecanica a unui instrument de cercetare oricit de recent (fie el structuralist, deconstructionist, foucauldian etc.), pentru a diseca represiunea singeroasa a unei miscari populare antitotalitare, a unei forme de genoicid, a reeducarii prin tortura ori a unui exemplu de sacrificiu pseudoreligios, analiza va avea de suferit. Pentru a studia violenta este necesara o implicare critica.
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