ABSTRACT
The novel Rabia (2004)—translated as Rage in 2009—by the Argentinian writer Sergio Bizzio is marked by the protagonist’s significant outbursts of violence. It is a violence that follows, not illogically, from not only being socially and economically marginalized within the social order but also from being humiliated by social subjects in the positions of power to do so. However, this novel is not simply a reflection of circumstances that lead up to violent acts. It is illustrative of the violence inherent in human psycho-ontology but, more importantly, it is emblematic of this violence as determined by the ontological structuring of social life within capitalist modernity. This chapter will explore how modern society isolates and amplifies human violence, specifically in the case of Argentina. In an attempt to comprehend and reveal the dynamic forces at play in the acts of violence represented in Rabia, I will draw primarily from Jungian depth psychology.
