Loob as Relational Interiority: A Contribution to the Philosophy of the Human Person

• Main Authors: Alejo, Albert E., SJ, Riddle, Julia E.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2018
• Subjects: loob; abot-malay; abot-dama; abot-kaya; interiority; embodiedness; solidarity
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol6/iss1/3; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1088/viewcontent/ST_206.1_203_20Article_20__20Alejo_20and_20Riddle.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper is a meditation on the Filipino philosophical concept of ‘loob.’ Literally, loob means ‘inside’ or ‘interior,’ but within the horizon of the Tagalog language and the culture that has nourished my interior conversation, my social relation, and my ecological conversion, loob has meant so mu...