The Republic and the Kingdom: A Filipino postmodern reflection on Thailand as a parallel other

• Main Author: Contreras, Antonio P.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2008
• Subjects: Other (Philosophy); Filipinos—Cross-cultural studies; Thais—Cross-cultural studies; Philippines—Cross-cultural studies; Thailand—Cross-cultural studies; Arts and Humanities; Philosophy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/550
• Institution: De La Salle University

The position of the other in identity politics is a defining place for subject formation for it serves as a space not only to delineate what one is not, but also where one differs. This paper inquires into the political implications to Filipino identity formation of looking at Thailand as a "pa...