Unravels the argumentative logic of the discourses that justify the counterinsurgency war, demonstrating its preventive and punitive nature. On this basis, it analyzes the restoration of security and the social construction of hatred as subjective factors of social mobilization against "the insurgent" and the desire to preserve power, expressed in the custody of property as an objective factor of the war.

Contrainsurgencia, Poder político, Seguridad ciudadana, Violencia