Engels and the Remaking of Communism in the Twenty-First Century

by [email protected] | Jun 10, 2022 | Recent Publications

Regletto Aldrich Imbong Abstract Engels’s theoretical works on the labour movement, socialism, and the state supported the realization of proletarian revolutionary movements in many parts of the world. Today, with the resurgence of radical leftist discourses, the...

Police Power in the Philippines in the Time of the Pandemic

by [email protected] | Jun 10, 2022 | Recent Publications

Regletto Aldrich Imbong Abstract In the essay “Police Power: The Biopolitical State Apparatus and Differential Interpellations,” Banu Bargu developed the notion of the Biopolitical State Apparatus (BSA). This essay deploys Bargu’s notion of the BSA within what it...

Putting participation into praxis: the struggle with Karol Wojtyla’s Laborem Exercens

by [email protected] | May 30, 2022 | Recent Publications

Noe Montaño Santillan Abstract Purpose This paper scrutinizes the relevance of Karol Wojtyla’s Laborem Exercens. Design/methodology/approach In doing so, the endeavor employs participatory method for workers to do the following: identify problems experienced or...

MUSIKANG BAYAN (PEOPLE’S MUSIC)
AND THE MILITANT-MATERIALISTPROGRESSIVE-NATIONALIST MUSIC1

by [email protected] | May 30, 2022 | Recent Publications

Noe M. Santillan Abstract Music is a cultural Ideological State Apparatus (Althusser 1971, 143-148). In such a lens, this paper proceeds in the manner of Althusser’sargument, and the critique applies to popular music in the Philippinesvis-à-vis Gramsci’s cultural...

Evaluating mitigation strategies for urban heat island in Mandaue City using ENVI-met

by [email protected] | Apr 21, 2022 | Recent Publications

AizaCortesa Arnold JesfelRejusob Justine AceSantosb ArielBlancobc Abstract Mandaue is a crucial city in Cebu island, Philippines as it links other large metropolises and is highly industrialized. The occurrence of urban heat island (UHI) in Mandaue was...