Issledovanie P.I. Ushakova posvyashcheno primeneniyu tselostnogo podkhoda k sotsial'noy real'nosti skvoz' prizmu dialekticheskogo sootnosheniya nasiliya i nenasiliya, a takzhe vyyavleniya zakonomernostey sotsial'nogo mekhanizma ikh vzaimosvyazi. Vybor dannoy temy predstavlyaetsya vpolne obosnovannym, poskol'ku nasilie vne vsyakikh somneniy okazyvaetsya odnim iz naibolee slozhnykh sotsial'nykh yavleniy, preterpevayushchikh sushchestvennye izmeneniya v istoricheskom razvitii, menyayushchikh formy i, tem ne menee, prodolzhayushchikh sushchestvovat'. Bolee togo, istoriya rasshirila ramki i formy nasiliya, kotoroe vpervye posle poyavleniya yadernogo oruzhiya deystvitel'no mozhet stat' dlya vsego chelovechestva rokovym. V etoy svyazi problema poiska i sootnosheniya modeley vzaimodeystviya nasiliya i nenasiliya vykhodit za predely etiki, antropologii, sotsiologii i psikhologi konfliktov i priobretaet po-nastoyashchemu obshchenauchnyy status.