Genealogia e Agonismo como Metodologia nas Relações Internacionais

Reflexões a partir da Justiça de Transição

Abstract

This is article is based on theoretical-methodological suggestions by Michel Foucault.
It focuses on the analytics of power/knowledges relations, on genealogy, on agonism and
on his visions on justice, veridiction and the constitution of subjects. To suggest how the
genealogic methodology works we bring brief illustrations form Transitional Justice. From
this, it emerges an analysis of Transitional Justice that sees it not just as a romantic search for
“truth” and “justice” but also as a battle front whose results will depend on the variations of
force relations in localized struggles. Therefore, we suggest that genealogy is a methodology
capable of produce analyses that skip rigid dichotomies such as “right” and “wrong”, “just”
and “unjust”. And since genealogy is, in itself, a highly political and partial approach it seeks
to question discourses that, on the other side, presents itself as neutral and universal. Hence
it do not focus on rigid research “objects” that supposedly could be isolated from the set of
social events but questions the events, discourses and practices of power with the aim of
identify which relations of power and knowledge has shaped this object.