Theoretical considerations on social violence in Chile (1850-1930)

Abstract

In this article, we propose to study the transition processes —social and cultural— of the popular society in Chile at the ending of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth century, starting from the conflict situations that stress the relation between the popular subjects, the State and the dominant elites. The most important analytical key of this study is referred to the manifestations of violence, displayed by the popular subjects in different spatial spheres inside the national territory Particularly, we are interested in analyzing the theoretical dimensions of the urban riot, the mining uprising and the rural banditry.