Griselda: la psicologización de violencia y sus demonios

Abstract

This article analyzes the psychological framing of violence in the series Griselda. This type of psychological framing, rather than providing a coherent explanation of the problem of violence associated with drug trafficking, functions as a device that legitimizes a conservative project—one that is no less violent than its criminal counterpart—that believes the solution lies in the militarization of the police and society as a whole, even if this involves the dissolution of civil liberties or the imposition of a permanent state of exception. Narratives like those in Griselda reify monstrous characters, almost fantastical beings. The fetishization of such terrifying characters leads to the loss of their human characteristics, thus justifying their removal from the public sphere or their physical elimination. In other words, Griselda, on one hand, presents a process of dehumanization that imposes the imperative to remove or eliminate pathological beings like Blanco; on the other hand, there is a humanization, no less problematic, that legitimizes the use of lethal force by law enforcement agencies, without respecting legal processes or the human rights of citizens.