Paz como justiça social: reflexões a partir do diálogo com estudantes sobre paz, violência e poder

Engaging with the works of contemporary critical theorists such as Axel Honneth, Nancy Fraser and Rainer Forst and based on a series of research activities conducted with young Brazilian students, we argue that the discussion around positive peace, understood as social justice, needs to go beyond of the material and redistributive dimension originally thought by Johan Galtung. Noting that various forms of indirect violence are expressed in the cultural sphere, not reflecting redistributive concerns stricto sensu, we argue for a theoretical refinement of the nexus between peace and social justice to incorporate issues of recognition.