Edited by Dr. Christopher Ryan Maboloc and Dr. Mansoor Limba, The Davao School of Radical Democracy: Southern Voices Reimagining Philippine Politics has been released. The book is published by ElziStyle Publishing.
About the Book
“The Davao School of Radical Democracy is a compelling and provocative academic volume that examines the contested terrain of democracy, power, and political identity from the perspective of the Global South. This book challenges dominant liberal and Western-centric narratives of democracy by foregrounding conflict, affect, and historical marginalization as constitutive elements of political life.”
––Rakhmat Hidayat, PhD, Professor of Sociology, State University of Jakarta
“This volume is an excellent introduction to contemporary Filipino political and philosophical mind. It examines liberal versus radical democratic theory through the prism of Philippine political experience, especially the challenges of the rise of Rodrigo Duterte and the re-emergence of the Mindanao agenda. It is political philosophy at its best, de-abstracted by local conditions.”
––Dr. Daniel Mishori, The New School of the Environment, Tel Aviv University
“The book suggests that more “radical” modes of thinking, including approaches grounded in philosophical and critical theory, may be particularly useful for grappling with this enduring problem. In this sense, the book is not only an effort to understand contemporary Philippine politics, but also an exploration of alternative ways of thinking about democracy beyond liberal normative frameworks.”
––Asuna Yoshizawa, PhD, Research Fellow, Kyoto University
CONTENTS
Publisher’s Foreword
Foreword by Layne Hartsell
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction by Mansoor Limba
Part I: Theoretical Underpinnings and Historical Background
1. Situating the Mindanao Agenda in the Radical Politics of President Rodrigo Duterte by Christopher Ryan Maboloc
2. Corrective Agonism, Philippine Democracy, and Civil Society by Ian Clark Parcon
3. Two Faces of Dutertismo, Two Faces of Democracy in the Philippines by Benjiemen Labastin
4. A Macho Populist Comes Again: Sen. Robin Padilla and Radical Politics in the Philippines by Asuna Yoshizawa
Part II: Dimensions of Radical Democracy in the Philippines
5. President Rodrigo Duterte and Biopolitics in the Philippines by Christopher Ryan Maboloc
6. The Future of the Environment and the Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines under President Rodrigo Duterte by Rogelio Bayod
7. The Philippine Political Economy under President Rodrigo Duterte by Ruben Balotol
8. Herman and Chomsky’s Propaganda Model: President Duterte and the Mass Media by Menelito Mansueto
Part III: Political Hegemony and Challenging the Elite
9. Fighting the Oligarchs: The Argument against Elite Rule by Christopher Ryan Maboloc
10. President Rodrigo Duterte’s Radical Leadership by Joezenon Purog
11. The Role of Collective Recognition and Political Power by Arnel Morte
12. Aspects of the Padrino System in Philippine Society by Sheldon Ives Agaton
Part IV: Agonistic Philosophy and Philippine Society
13. Chantal Mouffe’s Radical Democracy and Rodrigo Duterte’s Radical Politics by Christopher Ryan Maboloc
14. The Encumbered Radical Democracy by Christian Hipolao
15. Philosophizing and Philippine Democracy by Givheart Carmelo Dano
16. The Return of the Political: The Case of Ozamiz by Gerry Arambala
Epilogue
Book paper, 345 pages
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