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Chapter 3 introduced violence as a major influence on the creation and formation of identity and sense of belonging and, subsequently, on behaviour. In contrast to this integrative function, violence is also destructive and causes harm; in other words, it is disintegrative. Yet, violence depends on the context in which it is applied and experienced. Whether it is considered to be integrative or disintegrative depends on the programme of the social network in which it takes place, but once violence emerges as the dominant form of communication it tends to become perpetual and harmful. Civil wars especially show evidence for this, as these conflicts indicate that all other forms of communication to address conflicts and grievances have been replaced with constant and immutable violence.
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Kramer, C.R. (2017). Disintegrative Violence. In: Network Theory and Violent Conflicts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41393-8_4
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