The The Repugnance: a political emotion in the Colombian armed conflict

Abstract

This article explores the repugnance in political life, which has been the subject of the armed con-flict in Colombia. Starting from the revision of different reports and analysis on violence in thiscountry, it is concluded that these studies have focused their contributions on the path of politicalrationality, leaving aside the emotional configuration of violence. For this reason, the theoreticalperspective in which this article is placed enters into dialogue with Nussbaum’s theory of political emotions. That is, they are recognized several attributes to political emotions, such as building oneself socially, being communicative, and give an account for beliefs and judgments.