MARTINS, Karina Oliveira    LACERDA JUNIOR, Fernando. Ideologization of violence in capitalism: contributions of Nartín-Baró's liberation psychology. Gerais, Rev. Interinst. Psicol. []. 2018, 11, 2, pp.221-235. ISSN 1983-8220.  https://doi.org/10.36298/gerais2019110204.

This paper discusses the contributions of Martín-Baró to the critique of the ideologization of violence. First of all, the paper presents how Martín-Baró defined violence, ideology and de-ideologization highlighting his main ideas about those basic concepts. After that, seven psychosocial processes are described in order to describe the complex articulation between ideology and violence: (a) the diffusion of a "neutral" and "moral" conception of violence; (b) the conversion of violence into a technical and administrative issue, facilitating the proliferation of violent acts; (c) the devaluation of the victims through the creation of the "enemy"; (d) the psychological effects of social polarization; (e) psychological warfare; (f) fatalism as a psychosocial process produced by structural violence; (g) selective inattention. Finally, the article problematizes limitations of Martín-Baró's proposals and discusses the contributions of his analyses to the critique of capitalist society and to the promotion of practices of social transformation.

: Martin-Baró; Critical Social Psychology; Violence; Ideology; De-ideologization.

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