JOSÉ MANUEL PUREZA and TATIANA MOURA
The return of negative peace?

This text aims at questioning the role of tolerance within a culture of peace. This search is contextualized by both the tension between equality and difference and the changing scope of the concept of peace. We do it in three moments. First, we draw a basic cartography of peace concepts, based on their correspondence to different forms of violence. Secondly, we try to analyze the potentialities of tolerance as a strategic tool, questioning its adequacy to different levels of peace. Finally, we use the feminist approaches to peace in order to test the use of tolerance as an appropriate instrument for peace building.