"Our war every day" History, violence and critical thinking in Ignacio Martín-Baró

 

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Автор: Gómez Lacayo, Juan Pablo
Формат: artículo original
Статус:Versión publicada
Дата публикации:2021
Описание:The Central American wars of the 1980s caused analytical twists in intellectual agendas. In this work, I study the case of Ignacio Martín-Baró, social psychologist and Jesuit priest from the Central American University (UCA) of El Salvador. I postulate that his proposal to print a Latin American perspective on psychosocial thought derived from the need to understand the social crises that arose with the war. Martín-Baró became interested in the ‘torn world of daily life’ as a place for analyzing the main social conflicts, among which he highlighted torture and the high dose of cruelty manifested in the exercise of violence. Finally, I analyze his reflections on the impact of the war on mental health, especially in childhood, and underline their call for attention on the cultural nature of violence and the challenges that this implies for the imagination of a new future of coexistence. Although he was a thinker in constant alert about the importance of historically supported analysis to understand social crises, his intellectual interventions imagined a future of historical viability and sustainability of life for the majorities with whom he committed his work.
Страна:Portal de Revistas UNA
Институт:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Язык:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/15801
Online-ссылка:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/istmica/article/view/15801
Ключевое слово:Psychosocial thinking, Central America, war, violence, Ignacio Martín-Baró
Pensamiento psicosocial, Centroamérica, guerra, violencia, Ignacio Martín-Baró