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Vella studied philosophy at the University of Malta, social economy with a major in sociology at the University of London, and international economic politics at Berlin’s University of Humboldt, in former East Germany.

Vella’s philosophical publications are few but significant. The following might be considered his most representative

In part, Vella’s philosophy is deconstructivist, tenaciously exposing the internal conflicts that tend to undercut the asserted meaning of any text. But this is not all. It is also contextualist.

To Vella’s mind, in order to be acceptable, philosophy must begin from, and build on, the socio-political and historical context. Neither philosophy nor the history of philosophy can rise above power and history. Doing philosophy means taking political positions for or against historically concrete structures of power, and the forces struggling for power within society.

In 2013, Vella was appointed Chairman of Malta Enterprise. In June 2016 it was announced that Vella would be taking up the role of Governor of the Central Bank of Malta.

Sometimes Vella ventures to publish some of his poetry or short stories in Maltese or in English. One example would be those in Wara r-Repubblika (1979). However, this does not seem to be very common. Here is one of his poems:

Mario Vella (Born 1953) is a major Maltese philosopher, economist and political theorist. His area of specialisation in philosophy is chiefly critical analysis.