Monthly Archives: March 2011
Musings on “The Guerilla is Like a Poet”
The poetry of the Filipino revolutionary leader Jose Ma Sison as collected in Prison and Beyond is part of a long tradition of protest literature that aims to contribute in the weakening of an unjust social order. As founding chairman
Musings on “The Guerilla is Like a Poet”
The poetry of the Filipino revolutionary leader Jose Ma Sison as collected in Prison and Beyond is part of a long tradition of protest literature that aims to contribute in the weakening of an unjust social order. As founding chairman
Multicultural Tolerance?
The problematic of multiculturalism—the hybrid coexistence of diverse cultural life-worlds—which imposes itself today is the form of appearance of its opposite, of the massive presence of capitalism as universal world system: it bears witness to the unprecedented homogenization of the
Multicultural Tolerance?
The problematic of multiculturalism—the hybrid coexistence of diverse cultural life-worlds—which imposes itself today is the form of appearance of its opposite, of the massive presence of capitalism as universal world system: it bears witness to the unprecedented homogenization of the
Jane Austen and the Figure of the Woman
The romantic world created by Jane Austen in her novels as well as her very own life as portrayed realistically in the film Becoming Jane offers us insights into the lives of women in early 19th Century Victorian England. The
Jane Austen and the Figure of the Woman
The romantic world created by Jane Austen in her novels as well as her very own life as portrayed realistically in the film Becoming Jane offers us insights into the lives of women in early 19th Century Victorian England. The
The Educational Apparatus
The desired goal becomes the optimal contribution of higher education to the best performativity of the social system. Accordingly, it will have to create the skills that are indispensable to that system . . . The first kind are more
The Educational Apparatus
The desired goal becomes the optimal contribution of higher education to the best performativity of the social system. Accordingly, it will have to create the skills that are indispensable to that system . . . The first kind are more
The Filipino Komiks as Subversive Medium?
In the essay “The Structure of Meaning the Komiks,” Soledad Reyes presents mainstream commercial comics in the Philippines from its beginnings up to the late 1970s as an oppositional and subversive medium.[1] After going over the different trends and structures
The Filipino Komiks as Subversive Medium?
In the essay “The Structure of Meaning the Komiks,” Soledad Reyes presents mainstream commercial comics in the Philippines from its beginnings up to the late 1970s as an oppositional and subversive medium.[1] After going over the different trends and structures
Women’s Resistance and the Antigonean Power of Mourning in Ariel Dorfman’s Widows
In acts of defiance evocative of Antigone in Sophocles’ classic tragedy, the women protagonists of the Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman’s novel Widows assert the right to burial and mourning as a form of resistance against state terrorism. Set in Nazi-occupied
Women’s Resistance and the Antigonean Power of Mourning in Ariel Dorfman’s Widows
In acts of defiance evocative of Antigone in Sophocles’ classic tragedy, the women protagonists of the Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman’s novel Widows assert the right to burial and mourning as a form of resistance against state terrorism. Set in Nazi-occupied
Kontra-eksistensyalismo
Namayani ang eksistensyalismo bilang paradigmatikong trend sa Europa, at naging tanyag ang mga panitik nina Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, at ang “theater of the absurd” nina Ionesco, Artaud, atbp. Ang mga sinanguning aklat ni Antillon, tulad ng mga aklat
Kontra-eksistensyalismo
Namayani ang eksistensyalismo bilang paradigmatikong trend sa Europa, at naging tanyag ang mga panitik nina Albert Camus, Jean Paul Sartre, at ang “theater of the absurd” nina Ionesco, Artaud, atbp. Ang mga sinanguning aklat ni Antillon, tulad ng mga aklat
Discriminatory Power of Institutions
Authorization entails the power to incorporate this critical discourse as professional while rejecting that critical discourse as unprofessional. This power does not belong to the persons who give the passing or failing grade. Their power is derived from the power
Discriminatory Power of Institutions
Authorization entails the power to incorporate this critical discourse as professional while rejecting that critical discourse as unprofessional. This power does not belong to the persons who give the passing or failing grade. Their power is derived from the power
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