O trote como um ritual de passagem: o universal e o particular

The purpose of this text is to stimulate and contribute towards a more intense debate about the violent hazing _ a theme which has been sporadically broached and retrieved _ by the press and professionals from different f1elds of knowledge, after the death of a freshman from the Medicine course, two years ago. It is worth pointing out the necessity of reflecting upon the sense and the symbolic-practical importance of this ritual in our society _ an essential part of the university life and expand the debate for the internal continuity and sectors of society. This will not happen without difficulties for it involves a complex subject, with multiple determinations such as the violence in today's societies