Is Communitarianism Uniquely Asian? A Filipino's Perspective

• Main Author: Zialcita, Fernando N
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 1999
• Subjects: Civic and Community Engagement; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/sa-faculty-pubs/45; https://www.jstor.org/stable/41056999?seq=1
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

It is often claimed that the heavy influence of Western individualism is at the heart of the Philippines' many problems. Filipinos should therefore return to the Asian value of community-orientedness. This article questions whether there is in fact an "Asia" as a distinct cultural uni...