espanolEl presente articulo indaga la repugnancia en la vida politica que ha sido sustrato del conflictoarmado en Colombia. A partir de la revision de distintos informes y analisis sobre la violencia en este pais, se concluye que dichos estudios han centrado sus aportes en la via de la racionalidad politica, dejando de lado la configuracion emocional de las violencias. Por esta razon, la perspectiva teorica en la que se situa este articulo entra en dialogo con la teoria de las emociones politicas de Nussbaum. Es decir, se les reconocen varios atributos a las emociones politicas, tales como el construirse socialmente, el ser comunicativas y dar cuenta de creencias y juicios. EnglishThis article explores the repugnance in political life, which has been the subject of the armed con-flict in Colombia. Starting from the revision of different reports and analysis on violence in thiscountry, it is concluded that these studies have focused their contributions on the path of politicalrationality, leaving aside the emotional configuration of violence. For this reason, the theoreticalperspective in which this article is placed enters into dialogue with Nussbaum’s theory of political emotions. That is, they are recognized several attributes to political emotions, such as building oneself socially, being communicative, and give an account for beliefs and judgments.