Zúñiga Rodríguez, Wilfrido2015-03-282015-03-2820132256-3911http://hdl.handle.net/10567/1322This article aims to reflect on two relevant issues: the nefarious consequences of the anthropocentric theory in the history of Western culture, which consolidated itself as a heritage in Colombia, and the parental absence theory in the Colombian territory, in which the Colombian state has not acted as a “father” in certain scenarios, as possible causes to answer the question “why are we like this?” This question requires us to ask ourselves about the possible causes of the type of violence established in Colombia by the hand of the so called conquerors, in 1492.esCorporación Universitaria LasallistaFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y EducaciónViolenciaViolencia - InvestigacionesColombia - HistoriaViolencia - ColombiaArticle