Diversity in Peace: Towards Intercultural Dialogues in Peace Studies

Abstract

Peace studies in its interdisciplinary and intercultural character acknowledges the plurality of understandings of peace. Moreover, the epistemological statute of the discipline has been revised contesting the value-free approach of modern science, and expanding the notion of scientificity. This thesis looks at the relation of peace studies with other forms of producing knowledge, and examines if cultural recognition in peace studies is accompanied by epistemological recognition. To that effect, interculturality in the work of four peace scholars is analyzed. Thereon, a dialogic proposal is carried out.