Nation, self and citizenship an invitation to Philippine sociology - David, Randolph (Quezon City Department of Sociology, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, 2002)
Part one: Nationhood -- Introduction: the project nationhood -- Situating the Filipino nation -- The nation and its past -- The nation in the new global order -- The nation in the postmodern condition -- Affinities and identities -- Race and identity -- Gender -- Class -- Institutions in flux -- Family -- Education -- Religion -- Politic -- Economics -- Mass media -- Part two: Selfhood -- The constitution of the self and identity -- Self-identity and collective memory -- Institutional embodiment of the self --Self-identity in post modernity -- Part three: Social responsibility and personal autonomy -- Introduction: the poet-citizen -- Hopes for a better society -- The quest for personal autonomy -- Challenge of citizenship -- Epilogue: modernity and the Filipino.
Essays originally published for a Sunday column, "Public Lives," in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Sociology; Philippines -- Social conditions; Philippines -- Politics and government