Violence and uncertainty

Interactional sketches for a cognitive analysis of violent actions

Bibliographic Data

ID3076784
AuthorsGaëlle Chartier (0000-0002-4593-6000, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, corresponding author), Alain Berthoz (Collège de France, Paris, France), Éric Brian (0000-0002-5157-9759, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France), Marie Jaisson (Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)
Year2017
Volume56
Issue2
Pages198-219
Publication date2017-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Information (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0539-0184 • E-ISSN: 1461-7412
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0539018417694772
OpenAlexW2595610842
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

The present study investigates the interface between sociological and physiological analyses of violence. The aim is to explore the cognitive processes leading to violence in daily interactions. We suggest that violent interactions derive from uncertainty about the course of the interactions: something in the way an individual moves blurs the interactional rules and prevents other individuals predicting his or her intentions. From this perspective, gestures categorized as violent break execution regularities that are normally expected during the interaction and present regularities of their own. We test this hypothesis by an experimental recording of gestures and a quantitative analysis of their trajectories

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Gesture · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity · Artificial Intelligence

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