1. Introduction -- 2. War, Hope, and Fear. – 3. Writings on Violence at the End of a Long Life -- 3. Figurational Analysis of Michael Haneke’s Time of the Wolf -- 4. Violence and Civilité: The Ambivalences of the State -- 5. Elias’ Civilizing Process and the Janus-faced of Modernity -- 6. Civilisation and Violence at the Periphery of Capitalism: Notes for Rethinking the Brazilian Civiliz…