Revisiting Kapwa: Filipino Ethics, Subjectivity, and Self-Formation

• Main Author: Solitario, Jeizelle
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol70/iss4/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1141/viewcontent/Revisiting_20Kapwa_20_5Bvol._2070_20no._204_20_282022_29_20539_E2_80_9364_5D.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

In thisarticle I trace the formation of what I call “Filipino servant subjectivity” by examining the Tagalog concept of kapwa (fellow being) in relation to colonialism, Christianity, and neoliberalism. I argue that although colonization is consequential to subject formation, self-formation based on...