THE STATE AND VIOLENCE
THE STATE AND VIOLENCE

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to analyze the relationship between the state and violence as an essential element of statehood. This article attempts to analyze the relationship between the state and violence as a fundamental tool for shaping social and political order. Since the dawn of time, violence has been an integral part of collective life, eventually transforming into an institutionalized and legal means of state action. Classical approaches, based on the ideas of Max Weber, Raymond Aron, and Anthony Giddens, indicate that the monopoly on violence is one of the foundations of statehood. However, the present day challenges this concept-the growing importance of non-state actors, the privatization of violence, and the emergence of new forms of armed conflict and destabilization of the international order undermine the traditional model of sovereignty. The article analyzes the evolution of the use of violence - from war as a continuation of politics to the activities of private military companies. The author raises questions about the future of the state as a monopolist of violence and whether it is possible to maintain this monopoly in the face of an increasingly complex, globalized, and fragmented reality. The author concludes that although the state remains the main actor in the field of orderly violence, its monopoly is now gradually being undermined and regulated by norms, institutions, and both internal and international pressure.

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