(JUL. 12) 鈥 The Vol. 15 No. 1 issue of 鈥淪ocial Science Diliman鈥 (SSD) now deals with 鈥渢he construction of identity in the context of Southeast Asian nations and its relations with the West,鈥 according to its editor鈥檚 notes.
Prof. Grace Barretto-Tesoro, PhD, the editor of the latest SSD, said in her notes that through 鈥渁 review of recent literature centered on colonial history and practices in this region, new perspectives in identity and nation building in this sphere can supersede age-old stereotypes, notions and even misconceptions regarding colonial literature.鈥
The latest issue contains the article 鈥淛ohn Rawls and distributive justice in a globalizing world鈥 by Renante D. Pilapil and three book reviews.
According to Barretto-Tesoro, Pilapil鈥檚 article examines the theory of global justice and emphasizes that global inequality 鈥渟hould be solved to reduce global poverty and avoid 鈥榟umiliation among the world鈥檚 poor,鈥 for inequality is directly tied to the 鈥榣oss of self-respect and self-esteem.鈥欌
Included in this SSD issue are the books reviews of Kathleen Felise Constance D. Tantuico on 鈥淭he Filipino primitive: Accumulation and resistance in the American museum鈥 by Sarita Echavez-See; Wan Faizah Wan Yusoff on 鈥淣urturing Indonesia: Medicine and decolonization in the Dutch East Indies鈥 by Hans Pols; and Clement C. Composano on 鈥淲omen who stay: Seafaring and subjectification in an Ilocos town鈥 by Roderick G. Galam.
Tantuico鈥檚 review discusses what it means to be Filipino and creating a new narrative of who and what is a Filipino, Yusoff鈥檚 review highlights how health and medicine were used by the Indies to resist colonial rule, while Camposano鈥檚 review discusses how the identities of the wives of Filipino seafarers in an Ilocos town are built through their social relations and interactions with the outside world through their husbands.
Barretto-Tesoro reminds that in this day and age people should 鈥渁spire to assert our identities so that they are free from past colonial rule and current global organizations that replicate colonial policies.鈥
鈥淟ive free,鈥 she ends.
The latest SSD also features a book review guide, information for authors, style sheet, citation guide, and archival and special collection materials, among others. 鈥 Mariamme D. Jadloc
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