The peace studies’ critical challenge

Authors

  • José Manuel Pureza Universidade de Coimbra

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2018.150549

Keywords:

Peace Studies, International Relation Theory, Critical Theory, Johan Galtung

Abstract

Peace Studies constitute an element often mentioned among the theoretical proposals in the framework of what came to be known as the “fourth debate”, coming to contest the deepest assumptions of the realist and positivist approaches in international relations. In this text I seek to clarify how that identity of the Peace Studies School was constructed on the basis of negotiations regarding inner tensions in its own discourse. Afterwards, I will argue about a des-virtualization of peace studies, questioning the avenues for possible rescuing of its original critical and emancipatory meaning in current days.

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Author Biography

  • José Manuel Pureza, Universidade de Coimbra

    • Doutor em Sociologia
    • Catedrático de Relações Internacionais e pesquisador do Centro de Estudos Sociais da Universidade de Coimbra
    • Professor da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra
    • Destacam-se, entre seus principais trabalhos, os livros Violência e armas de fogo em Portugal (com organização de José Manuel Pureza, Rita Santos e Tatiana Moura – CES/Almedina, 2016, série “Cosmopolis”) e Jovens e trajectórias de violências: os casos de Bissau e da Praia (com organização de José Manuel Pureza, Katia Cardoso e Sílvia Roque – CES/Almedina, 2015).

Published

2018-09-24

How to Cite

PUREZA, José Manuel. The peace studies’ critical challenge. Organicom, São Paulo, Brasil, v. 15, n. 28, p. 74–89, 2018. DOI: 10.11606/issn.2238-2593.organicom.2018.150549. Disponível em: https://revistas.usp.br/organicom/article/view/150549.. Acesso em: 29 jun. 2024.