Includes bibliographical references.

The Triumph of Finitude After Hegel and the (Re)turn of a Philosophy of the Infinite through Badiou -- “The political philosophy that Kant did not write”: The Potential for Politics and Political Community in Kant’s Third Critique -- Who Counts as Filipino? Philosophical Issues of Identity and the Chinese Filipino -- The Stranger Society: The Case of Economic and Social Development in the Tropics -- Neoliberal Capitalism, ASEAN Integration and Commodified Education: A Deleuzian Critique -- Ethics of Refusal: Globalization and the Penan People’s Struggle for Recognition.

[Article Title : The Triumph of Finitude After Hegel and the (Re)turn of a Philosophy of the Infinite through Badiou / Kelly Louise Rexzy P. Agra, p. 1-43]

Abstract : In his first Manifesto for Philosophy, Alain Badiou alludes to the idea of sutures occurring between philosophy and the more dominant disciplines like science, politics, art, and psychoanalysis after Hegel. This phenomenon is inextricably linked to discourses about the end of philosophy and the linguistic turn in hermeneutic, analytic, and postmodern philosophies. In Badiou’s analysis one finds that in so far as these traditions are concerned, systematic philosophy is henceforth impossible. In this work, I take Badiou’s said allusion seriously and argue that after totalitarianism and the two world wars, an antipathy towards systematic philosophy has led to what I call the triumph of finitude after Hegel in which the philosophical orientation not only shifted from truth to meaning, but also from the metaphysical to the finite. However, in the eyes of Badiou, a philosophy of finitude is unable to confront the challenges to thinking posed by the contemporary world. He thus proposes the return to a philosophy of truth. Taking note of this, I argue that Badiou seeks to replicate in philosophy what Hegel did in metaphysics after Kant.

DOI:10.13185/2245

[Article Title : “The political philosophy that Kant did not write”: The Potential for Politics and Political Community in Kant’s Third Critique / Rizalino Noble Malabed, p. 44-77]

Abstract : In his Critique of Judgement, Immanuel Kant claims that judgement provides (1) a transition from the theoretical to the practical and unifies philosophy and (2) the principles for an alternative politics and founds the ideal political community. Vital to understanding Kant’s second claim is the idea of sensus communis, which arises from his contention that the judgement of taste appears as universal because taste not only presupposes common sense but is also community sense. This article shows that in his discussion, which moves from reflective judgement, to the judging subject, and to the sensus communis, Kant argues for a potential for politics and a sense of political community wherein the two claims on judgment imply each other.

DOI:10.13185/2246

[Article Title : Who Counts as Filipino? Philosophical Issues of Identity and the Chinese Filipino / Noelle Leslie dela Cruz, p. 78-106]

Abstract : This article examines some recent philosophical attempts to make sense of “identity” in light of the intersecting categories of race, ethnicity, and culture. It addresses a perennial issue brought up recently with regard to Filipino Chinese: Who counts as “Filipino?” Behind this question are assumptions that I scrutinize philosophically: that there is a “Filipino” and it is possible to identify who counts as such and who does not. I begin with a survey of existing paradigms of identity which I then apply to a critical analysis of recent public discourse spawned by anti-Chinese statements made by a prominent Filipino novelist. I conclude with ethical prescriptions for conceptualizing Filipino identity in light of the complex fissures revealed by the aforementioned issue.

DOI:10.13185/2249

[Article Title : The Stranger Society: The Case of Economic and Social Development in the Tropics / Peter Murphy, p. 107-134]

Abstract : The economic and social prosperity of nations are usually attributed to functional requirements—such as honest government, effective transport and communication networks, health care and education—and development strategies such as investment in infrastructure. However, beyond a certain point peak economic and social success relies as much on human ingenuity as on capital investment. The article proposes that the world’s most prosperous societies have three recurring characteristics that foster such ingenuity: (1) they are all closely connected to trading portals, (2) they nourish paradoxical belief systems that underscore a proclivity for intellectual abstraction and pattern-based interaction, and (3) they are stranger societies that encourage high levels of interaction between unknown persons.

DOI:10.13185/2247

[Article Title : Neoliberal Capitalism, ASEAN Integration and Commodified Education: A Deleuzian Critique / Raniel Reyes, p. 135-168]

Abstract : This article launches a Deleuzian critical diagnosis of neoliberal capitalism, which through the ASEAN Integration Project, expounds on capitalism’s effects on universities or on Philippine Higher Education. Strategists of neoliberal capitalism, whom Deleuze and Guattari call the “poor technician[s] of desire,” persuade underdeveloped or developing countries to see in their resources for financial stability or education reform, a “lack” that needs immediate attention and find solution in the global call for liberalization, deregulation, and privatization. Once this psychoanalytic ploy achieves success, these countries become naive preys of neoliberal capitalism. They interpret this phenomenon as a contemporary fascism that manipulates the people to desire increased order, unity, and their own repression. To counter this system, they formulate “schizoanalysis,” a radical philosophy that seeks the evisceration of psychoanalytic capitalism. In this article I use schizoanalysis or rhizomatic thinking to diagram a Deleuzian becomingrevolutionary in the sphere of education.

DOI:10.13185/2250

[Article Title : Ethics of Refusal: Globalization and the Penan People’s Struggle for Recognition / Jeffry Villanueva Ocay, p. 169-195]

Abstract : In this article I explore ways in which the Penan of Sarawak, Malaysia, whose lives have been impacted by globalization, draw on their rich cultural heritage to demand recognition. I argue that an articulation of a new rather than traditional form of struggle for recognition should come from the margins of the global system. Their indigenous practices, when linked to neocolonial domination, point to a possible “outside” of the system by highlighting the system’s destructive potential rendered invisible “at the center” and by embodying ways of living that promote social solidarity and preserve the environment. I argue further that by serving as alternative to globalization and their being an exploited social class, the Penan can serve as potent agents of social transformation and represent an “ethics of refusal.”

DOI:10.13185/2251