Jeremy De Chavez
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View article: Rethinking, Narrating, Consuming Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia
Rethinking, Narrating, Consuming Modern and Contemporary Southeast Asia Open
As this special issue would not have been possible without the generosity of certain individuals during these most trying times, this modest introduction must necessarily begin with gratitude. My co-editor, Yue Zhang, and I would like to e…
View article: “. . .delivered from the lie of being truth”: The Affective Force of Disinformation, Stickiness and Dissensus in Randy Ribay’s Patron Saints of Nothing
“. . .delivered from the lie of being truth”: The Affective Force of Disinformation, Stickiness and Dissensus in Randy Ribay’s Patron Saints of Nothing Open
Waged in 2016, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has claimed over 20,000 lives according to human rights groups. The Duterte administration’s own count is significantly lower: around 6,000. The huge discrepancy between th…
View article: Masculinity in the Age of (Philippine) Populism: Spectacle, Hypermasculinity, and Rodrigo Duterte
Masculinity in the Age of (Philippine) Populism: Spectacle, Hypermasculinity, and Rodrigo Duterte Open
Recently, the resurrection of authoritarian tendencies in the form of populist movements has conscripted the fascistic aesthetic for its purposes. The rise of populism coincides with the rise of the digital world with its rapid mobility of…
View article: “…and beyond/ Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night”: On the Humanities (in times of) Crisis
“…and beyond/ Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night”: On the Humanities (in times of) Crisis Open
The history of the present is replete with the language of crisis, which has infiltrated various domains including the political, economic, social, environmental, and moral. Those various proclamations of collapse and disaster intersect so…
View article: Millennial Work Ethic: A Preliminary Examination of the Work Ethic Profile of Filipino University Students
Millennial Work Ethic: A Preliminary Examination of the Work Ethic Profile of Filipino University Students Open
At present, most students in the universities are considered millennials. As explained by Delcampo, Haggerty, Haney, and Knippel (2010), millennials are individuals born from 1981-2000. In general, millennials are perceived to be the “me” …
View article: On the “Intimate Connivance” of Love and Thought
On the “Intimate Connivance” of Love and Thought Open
El concepto de amor históricamente ha ruborizado a la filosofía, pues se mantiene totalmente ajeno a las exigencias de dar una explicación crítica de sí mismo. El amor ha respondido con resistencia muda a los interrogatorios del pensamient…
View article: Unhappy Consciousness: The (Im)Possibilities of Happiness in Hegel, Adorno, and Badiou
Unhappy Consciousness: The (Im)Possibilities of Happiness in Hegel, Adorno, and Badiou Open
Dominant approaches to the study of happiness have primarily tended to be oriented towards the maximization of happiness.This drive toward maximization has entailed looking for ways to quantify and consequently measure the levels of happin…
View article: It’s More Fun in the Philippines: Positive Affects and the Post-Colonial Condition
It’s More Fun in the Philippines: Positive Affects and the Post-Colonial Condition Open
This research note outlines ideas and maps out the critical context of the author's current research project entitled "It's More Fun in the Philippines: Positive Affects and the Post-Colonial Condition."It also engages with recent literatu…
View article: Freud’s Imaginative Work: Moses and Monotheism and the Non-European Other
Freud’s Imaginative Work: Moses and Monotheism and the Non-European Other Open
This essay tracks and maps out the ideas that informed the writing of Sigmund Freud's final opus, the highly speculative and putatively historical text Moses and Monotheism.Contrary to interpretations of Moses and Monotheism as a work that…
View article: ‘No theme requires more pure logic than love”: On Badiou’s Amorous Axiomatics
‘No theme requires more pure logic than love”: On Badiou’s Amorous Axiomatics Open
In thinking the relation of love and affect, one experiences a strong intuition that they are locked in a passionate mutual embrace, and that they carry out their clandestine coupling in the dark alleys of the ineffable.The work of Alain B…