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Looks at primary & secondary definitions of violence as background for a discussion of the socially constructive qualities of violence, ways violence manifests itself in different cultural contexts, & the roles played by perceptions of violence on the part of observers. It is argued that narrow conceptions of violence as acts that violate the integrity of others prevent the exploration of other arenas in which violence operates. Violence is examined as a force that is revealed in both the destruction & creation of boundaries, & it is suggested that violence often serves to generate integral identities by "inscribing borders between something in the course of becoming an entity & its surroundings." Attention is called to the context in which different uses of the word "violence" emerge at specific historical moments, as well as the processes of differentiation that led to the construction of varied meanings. Various cultures are described as examples of how identity politics form borders of inclusion/exclusion based on perceptions of antagonism that often lead to violent conflicts. 37 References. J. Lindroth

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