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Dr. Jeffry Ocay is Keynote Speaker in Radical Democracy in the Philippines Conference

 

Dr. Jeffry Ocay, professor of Philosophy at the Eastern Visayas State University, will be the Keynote Speaker in the 4th Philippine Politics and Culture Conference this coming April 22, 2022. The theme of the event is "Radical Politics and the Future of Philippine Democracy." Other confirmed speakers include Dr. Juichiro Tanabe (Kumamoto and Waseda University), Ms. Asuna Yoshizawa (Kyoto University), Dr. Rey Luis Montesclaros (MSU-IIT), PD Bruce Colao (Department of the Interior and Local Government), and Prof. Ian Clark Parcon (Ateneo de Davao University).

Politics in the Philippines, explains Wataru Kusaka (2017) and Benjiemen Labastin (2018), is rooted in contestation. Radical democracy, a post-modern approach to understanding politics, looks beyond consensus and recognizes the agonistic nature of modern democracy. While it sets aside the moral aspect of the politics of Liberalism, it is cognizant nevertheless of the fact that a political order can be achieved by acknowleding various differences in the polity. 

The first Philippine Politics and Culture Conference was held at Nagoya University in Japan in 2018. It was organized by Dr. Wataru Kusaka and Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc, whose research on radical democracy in the Philippines was presented in the same conference. The second conference was arranged by Cor Jesu College with Dr. Kusaka as Guest speaker while the 3rd was hosted by La Salle University - Ozamiz. 

The 4th installment is co-sponsored by the Social Ethics Society and Cor Jesu College. It will also be synchronized as the 3rd installment of The Future of Philippine Democracy Webinar Series that serves to educate voters on the forthcoming National Elections. The online event will be hosted by Dr. Rogelio Bayod of Cor Jesu. Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc is the convenor. Limited slots for paper presentations are available. For inquiries, email the PPCC 4 Secretariat at roger.bayod@gmail.com. 

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