ON CATACHRESIS AND THE DECONSTRUCTION OF HISTORY: IS THERE ANYTHING MESSIANIC ABOUT FILIPINIZATION?
The notion of history as a text to be deconstructed has been a staple of much advancement in the treatment of the discipline as a literary work. In the Philippines however, very few historians have taken note of the fact that the writing of history is subject to its own rhetorical devices and effect...
| Publicado en: | Prajñā Vihāra: Journal of Philosophy & Religion Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 47 - 71 |
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Assumption University, Graduate School of Philosophy & Religion
Jan-Jun2026
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