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Critique of ontological militarism (2023)
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Furtado, H. T. (2023). Critique of ontological militarism. International Political Sociology, 17(3), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olad012

War metaphors permeate the world we live in. From wildlife documentaries (natural war) to the curbing of academic freedom (war on woke), it seems that anything can be described in an essential likeness to warfare. Drawing on Lacanian psychoanalysis,... Read More about Critique of ontological militarism.

The monstruous and the miscount: A radical theory of accountability (2023)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (in press). The monstruous and the miscount: A radical theory of accountability. Critical Military Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2023.2210407

Can public inquiries and truth commissions provide a space for political transformation? This article investigates the field of transitional justice to address this question, focusing on pessimistic accounts of the persistent failure of truth-telling... Read More about The monstruous and the miscount: A radical theory of accountability.

Populism or the European condition? (2022)
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Tavares Furtado, H., & Eklundh, E. (2022). Populism or the European condition?. Journal for the Study of Radicalism, 16(2), 21–38. https://doi.org/10.14321/jstudradi.16.2.0021v

Ten years after the movements of the squares we are reminded of how the popular surge of activism shook the foundations of European politics. The ensuing appearance of new political parties—envisioned as carrying the torch of popular participation—ha... Read More about Populism or the European condition?.

Confronting the gated community: Towards a decolonial critique of violence beyond the paradigm of war (2021)
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Furtado, H. (2022). Confronting the gated community: Towards a decolonial critique of violence beyond the paradigm of war. Review of International Studies, 48(1), 91 - 110. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026021052100022x

This article investigates the works of Dussel, Maldonado-Torres, and Mbembe as representatives of a tendency in the field of decolonial thought to assume the templates of warfare and the camp as the archetypal registers of violence in the contemporar... Read More about Confronting the gated community: Towards a decolonial critique of violence beyond the paradigm of war.

The memory of militarism and the ‘value’ of resistance: An analysis of the Resistance Memorial of São Paulo (2020)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2020). The memory of militarism and the ‘value’ of resistance: An analysis of the Resistance Memorial of São Paulo. Critical Military Studies, 6(3-4: Curating Conflict: Political violence in Museums, Memorials, and Exhibitions), 376-396. https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2020.1729617

In the last 30 years, South American scholars and activists have produced a wealth of knowledge and representations practices concerning militarism and mass atrocities committed by the Armed Forces. Nonetheless, this body of work has been relatively... Read More about The memory of militarism and the ‘value’ of resistance: An analysis of the Resistance Memorial of São Paulo.

O "Efeito Bolsonaro" (2018)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2018). O "Efeito Bolsonaro"

O desrespeito a vida que define o " efeito Bolsonaro " nada mais é que a mais recente, e mais radical expressão de um desrespeito a vida generalizado que ainda estrutura a sociedade Brasileira contemporânea. English Español Parece uma piada de mal go... Read More about O "Efeito Bolsonaro".

The "Bolsonaro Effect" (2018)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2018). The "Bolsonaro Effect"

It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president (Jair Messias Bolsonaro) and it is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil. Español Português It sounds like a distaste... Read More about The "Bolsonaro Effect".

El "Efecto Bolsonaro" (2018)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2018). El "Efecto Bolsonaro"

Bolsonaro se presenta hoy como el mesías de lo que muchos llaman “contraofensiva conservadora en construcción” tras décadas de gobiernos de izquierda. Su notoriedad ha experimentado un aumento estratosférico sólo en fechas muy recientes. Se presenta... Read More about El "Efecto Bolsonaro".

On demons and dreamers: Violence, silence and the politics of impunity in the Brazilian Truth Commission (2017)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2017). On demons and dreamers: Violence, silence and the politics of impunity in the Brazilian Truth Commission. Security Dialogue, 48(4), 316-333. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967010617696237

Measures towards post-conflict or post-authoritarian justice have historically relied on the merging of the concepts of silence, violence and impunity in order to create a single promise of justice. Scholars and practitioners in the field usually def... Read More about On demons and dreamers: Violence, silence and the politics of impunity in the Brazilian Truth Commission.

Against state terror: lessons on memory, counterterrorism and resistance from the Global South (2015)
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Furtado, H. T. (2015). Against state terror: lessons on memory, counterterrorism and resistance from the Global South. Critical Studies on Terrorism, 8(1), 72-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2015.1005936

© 2015, © 2015 Taylor & Francis. Critical theory avows that “where there is power there is always resistance”. However, the practical implications and consequences of particular modes of resistance remain, within World Politics, under-theorised. In... Read More about Against state terror: lessons on memory, counterterrorism and resistance from the Global South.

Contextualismo enquanto metafísica da presença: A desconstrução do historicismo crítico pós-estruturalista (2012)
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Tavares Furtado, H. (2012). Contextualismo enquanto metafísica da presença: A desconstrução do historicismo crítico pós-estruturalista

Theory of International Relations was influenced by French contemporary philosophy of the 1960's and 1970's. Poststructuralist authors like Walker, Thomson, Bartelson and Campbell sought to oppose neo realism's rigid ontology through a critical histo... Read More about Contextualismo enquanto metafísica da presença: A desconstrução do historicismo crítico pós-estruturalista.