Knowledge is not enough: saying we know today's dangers leads to no action
Declaring we know becomes itself a fetish by which we continue business as usual, pretending to see our risky situation.
The libidinal economy of disavowal is a key to capitalism.
Disavowal functions by fully acknowledging what we disavow, argues Zupancic.
Disavowal sustains some belief by means of ardently proclaiming the knowledge of the opposite, argues Zupancic.
The libidinal economy of disavowal is a key element of capitalist economy, argues Zupancic.
Declaring that we know becomes itself an object-fetish by which we intercept the reality of that very knowledge, argues Zupancic.
This perverse deployment of knowledge deprives it of any reality, argues Zupancic.
This structure of disavowal can be found in the supposedly sober continuation of business as usual, combined with the call to adapt to the new reality, argues Zupancic.
What is difficult is to take into account the impossible real of what is happening and organize on the grounds of its truth, writes Zupancic.
As Lacan put it: ‘We get used to reality. The truth [which also emerges with and from every crisis] we repress'.
REFERENCES
Much of this is direct or indirect quote from the official book description and the book Disavowal:
https://www.wiley.com/en-cn/Disavowal-p-9781509561209
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disavowal is a key to capitalism