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About Fabio Vighi

Fabio Vighi is Professor of Critical Theory and Italian at Cardiff University, UK. His recent work includes Critical Theory and the Crisis of Contemporary Capitalism (Bloomsbury 2015, with Heiko Feldner) and Crisi di valore: Lacan, Marx e il crepuscolo della società del lavoro (Mimesis 2018).
Latest Posts | By Fabio Vighi
Inside the Bubble of “Successful Paranoia”: Lacanian Reflections on Techno-Capitalist Delusion
3 days ago

Inside the Bubble of “Successful Paranoia”: Lacanian Reflections on Techno-Capitalist Delusion

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‘A successful paranoia might just as well seem to constitute the closure of science’.[i]

In psychoanalytic terms, denial negates reality, whereas delusion replaces it. In denial, the subject refuses to …
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Trump’s Tariffs: Everything You Wanted to Know about Them but Were Afraid to Ask the Bond Market
6 months ago

Trump’s Tariffs: Everything You Wanted to Know about Them but Were Afraid to Ask the Bond Market

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Everyone’s busy debating whether Donald Trump’s global tariff plan is economic protectionism, geopolitical strategy, electoral propaganda, or the act of a madman who has lost the plot. It seems to …
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Rearmament: The Charade and the Game of Chicken
8 months ago

Rearmament: The Charade and the Game of Chicken

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To understand the reasons for the charade that played out in the Oval Office of the White House on February 28, it is advisable to look at what happened in …
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Wargames and Fartcoins: Brace Yourselves for an Explosive Start to 2025
10 months ago

Wargames and Fartcoins: Brace Yourselves for an Explosive Start to 2025

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“If you ever feel useless, remember it took 20 years, trillions of dollars and 4 US Presidents to replace the Taliban with the Taliban” (Norman Finkelstein)

Of course, the above …
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Who’s Winning?
1 year ago

Who’s Winning?

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‘The West has become a totalitarian space – the space of a self-defensive hegemony defending itself against its own weakness.’ (Jean Baudrillard)

One of the most frequently referenced scenes in …
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The Enemy and the Libidinal Economy of the Apocalypse
1 year ago

The Enemy and the Libidinal Economy of the Apocalypse

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The figure of the Enemy is probably the most precious asset of the imploding West. Just consider the recent celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the D-day, which, courtesy of …
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Our Zone of Interest: The Noise of Permanent Warfare
2 years ago

Our Zone of Interest: The Noise of Permanent Warfare

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‘The threat of one catastrophe is deferred by that of others’ (T. Adorno)

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We should never lose sight of the bigger picture. The string of geopolitical conflicts …
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Trust in Institutions and the War Dividend
2 years ago

Trust in Institutions and the War Dividend

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Even if almost no one wants to admit it, our “system” is obsolete, and for this reason it is now morphing into a “closed system” – totalitarian in nature. It …
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Christmas Gift Ideas? A Santa Rally, a Genocide, a Scapegoat, and a Philosopher’s Critique
2 years ago

Christmas Gift Ideas? A Santa Rally, a Genocide, a Scapegoat, and a Philosopher’s Critique

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We have reached the end of 2023 and – a few of us might have noticed – the world economy continues its freefall. The rise in global debt is unstoppable (currently …
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A “New 9/11”: The Stage Is Set
2 years ago

A “New 9/11”: The Stage Is Set

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It’s not surprising that the Western media have unilaterally labelled the Hamas October 7 attacks as a “new 9/11”. Of course, they refer to the official story about 9/11, indelibly …
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