Fascism and the Omnipresence of Communication

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ID21828062
AuthorsRegletto Aldrich Imbong (0000-0002-8677-1599, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume18
Issue1
Pages157-183
Publication date2024-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueKritike An Online Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1908-7330 • E-ISSN: 1908-7330
PublisherKritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25138/18.1.a7
OpenAlexW4396232025
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

This paper will investigate the intersection between fascism and social media communication.Drawing from Christian Fuchs's notion of digital fascism and placing it in dialogue with other Marxist literature, the paper will argue that the state retains a centering role in the organization of fascism as against the post-organizational position which highlights its ambivalent, fluid, and decentered character.The paper will further argue that the propagandistic character of fascism requires it to instrumentalize technical specifications of communications technologies.What (digital) fascism instrumentalizes today is what will be developed as the omnipresence of communication, primarily supported by the complexities of today's internet powered social media.The paper will examine fascism as it has taken place in the Duterte-Marcos Jr. fascist continuity in the Philippines.The paper will conclude by proposing a kind of antifascism that goes beyond the ecosystems of the social media, reiterating both technical as well as socio-political transformations required to overcome fascism

Aesthetics · Ambivalence · Epistemology · Marxist philosophy · Media studies · Omnipresence · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Social media · Sociology · Law · Media Studies and Communication · Philosophy · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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