El Pensamiento de Ignacio Ellacuría acerca de procesos históricos de reconciliación política. Análisis de siete conceptos: Conflicto, violencia, causa, diálogo, pacificación, paz, reconciliación

Ignacio Ellacuría, a Jesuit philosopher and theologian, arrived at El Salvador, CentralAmerica, in 1967, during a period of enormous political and social turmoil that extended through the70’s and 80’s. Ellacuría, who acted as president of UCA from 1979 until his assassination in 1989,decided to orient the University’s and his own intellectual pursuit towards obtaining a deeper understandingof the about mentioned historical process. This article analyzes his contributions regarding the possibilityof undertaking a peace process and a negotiation amidst an armed conflict. Ellacuría’s contributions,beyond the political analysis they entail, constitute a magnificent corpus of political philosophy regardingthe issue of reconciliation. We analyze his discourse through seven key concepts with which the processthat leads from «structural violence» to «true peace» is dynamically developed, i.e.: conflict, violence,cause, dialogue, pacification, peace and reconciliation.