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TAMBARA A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL ISSN 0117-6323 Volume 30, Issue No.1 (2013) TAMBARA A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL A MULTIDISCIPLINARY Recognizing the Other’s Appeal: When the balatik appears in the sky, it is time for the yearly sacri ce. Levinas’s Contribution to the Discourse on Multiculturalism All who are to prepare new elds or are to assist others in such work gather April D. Capili to take part in the ceremonies honoring the spirits. For three days the men abstain from work. No music and dancing are allowed. Perspectives on the Negotiated Status of Filipino Irregular Migrants in Japan With the ending of the period of taboo, the workers go the elds and Anderson V. Villa in the center of each, they place a tambara, a white dish containing betel A.V. Mani nut. is is an o ering to Eugpamolak Manobo, besought to drive away e Water-Energy Nexus: Exploring Options for Davao’s Future evil spirits, keep the workers in good health, allow an abundant crop, and Randell U. Espina make the owners rich and happy. (2013) 30, Issue No.1 Volume Fay Cooper Cole e Deduction of the Possibility and Actuality of Evil in Schelling’s Of Human Freedom Valentino Lumowa is journal has borrowed the Bagobo word tambara to emphasize the commitment of the Ateneo de Davao University to serve the Ateneo Notes from a Language Exercise Community and the larger Mindanao region as a Filipino, Catholic and David John M. Delos Reyes, SJ Jesuit University. TAMBARA Instructions for Authors A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL 1. e Editor invites submissions of manuscripts for consideration as main article, editorial, or review article. Main articles should normally range from 6,000 to Editorial Board 8,000 words in length, accompanied by an abstract of 100-150 words and ve to RENANTE D. PILAPIL six keywords. Book reviews should not normally exceed 1,500 words in length. Editor-in-Chief 2. Manuscripts should be in MS Word le and double-spaced. For house style, M. ISABEL S. ACTUB please refer to previous issues of the journal, or alternatively, follow the CHRISTINE S. DIAZ Chicago Manual of Style. HEIDI K. GLORIA Associate Editors 3. All submissions are to be subjected to anonymous review by at least two experts. As such, no references to authors in the manuscript should be made. International Board of Reviewers e review process will normally take four to six weeks after which authors will be noti ed of the Editor’s decision. AGNES T. ARANAS, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines OSCAR G. BULAONG, JR., Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 4. On a separate sheet, authors should provide: Title of the article, name and RAYMUND J. FESTIN, Christ the King Mission Seminary, Philippines title of the author, institutional a liation, and email address. ROSALINA PALANCA-TAN, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines AGUSTIN MARTIN G. RODRIGUEZ, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 5. Submissions should be sent by email to: [email protected]. NOBUE SUZUKI, Chiba University, Japan ANYA TOPOLSKI, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 6. Upon publication of accepted article, authors will receive free copies of the JOHANNA O. ZULUETA, Hitotsubashi University, Japan journal’s issue. ey can also purchase the same issue at a thirty percent discount. Tambara is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal of the Ateneo de Davao University released every June and December. It aims to provide a forum for a vibrant and informed public discourse on various pertinent issues—theoretical and practical—a ecting Mindanao and beyond among established as well as aspiring SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER ISSUE scholars. It publishes original articles, editorials, and review essays in the areas of humanities, social sciences, philosophy, theology, natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, business, and governance. (Institutional or Individual) Replies to articles are also welcome. PhP 300 (local) USD 30 (foreign) Statements and opinions expressed in the articles and reviews are the authors’ own and do not necessarily re ect the opinion of the editors, the University, or the Society of Jesus. All subscriptions and business correspondence should be addressed to: © 2013 by Ateneo de Davao University. All rights reserved. ISSN 0117-6323. e Editor Tambara Ateneo de Davao University Jacinto Street, 8016 Davao City Philippines Email: [email protected] TAMBARA Instructions for Authors A MULTIDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL 1. e Editor invites submissions of manuscripts for consideration as main article, editorial, or review article. Main articles should normally range from 6,000 to Editorial Board 8,000 words in length, accompanied by an abstract of 100-150 words and ve to RENANTE D. PILAPIL six keywords. Book reviews should not normally exceed 1,500 words in length. Editor-in-Chief 2. Manuscripts should be in MS Word le and double-spaced. For house style, M. ISABEL S. ACTUB please refer to previous issues of the journal, or alternatively, follow the CHRISTINE S. DIAZ Chicago Manual of Style. HEIDI K. GLORIA Associate Editors 3. All submissions are to be subjected to anonymous review by at least two experts. As such, no references to authors in the manuscript should be made. International Board of Reviewers e review process will normally take four to six weeks after which authors will be noti ed of the Editor’s decision. AGNES T. ARANAS, Ateneo de Davao University, Philippines OSCAR G. BULAONG, JR., Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 4. On a separate sheet, authors should provide: Title of the article, name and RAYMUND J. FESTIN, Christ the King Mission Seminary, Philippines title of the author, institutional a liation, and email address. ROSALINA PALANCA-TAN, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines AGUSTIN MARTIN G. RODRIGUEZ, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines 5. Submissions should be sent by email to: [email protected]. NOBUE SUZUKI, Chiba University, Japan ANYA TOPOLSKI, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 6. Upon publication of accepted article, authors will receive free copies of the JOHANNA O. ZULUETA, Hitotsubashi University, Japan journal’sA MULTIDISCIPLINARYissue. ey can also purchase the same issue at a thirty percentJOURNAL discount. Tambara is a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal of the Ateneo de Davao University released every June and December. It aims to provide a forum for a vibrant and informed public discourse on various pertinent issues—theoretical and practical—a ecting Mindanao and beyond among established as well as aspiring SUBSCRIPTION RATES PER ISSUE scholars. It publishes original articles, editorials, and review essays in the areas of humanities, social sciences, philosophy, theology, natural sciences, mathematics, engineering, business, and governance. (Institutional or Individual) Replies to articles are also welcome. PhP 300 (local) USD 30 (foreign) Statements and opinions expressed in the articles and reviews are the authors’ own and do not necessarily re ect the opinion of the editors, the University, or the Society of Jesus. All subscriptions and business correspondence should be addressed to: © 2013 by Ateneo de Davao University. All rights reserved. ISSN 0117-6323. e Editor Tambara Ateneo de Davao University Jacinto Street, 8016 Davao City Philippines Email: [email protected] Contents 1-16 Recognizing the Other’s Appeal: Levinas’s Contribution to the Discourse on Multiculturalism April D. Capili 17-42 Perspectives on the Negotiated Status of Filipino Irregular Migrants in Japan Anderson V. Villa A.V. Mani 43-60 The Water-Energy Nexus: Exploring Options for Davao’s Future Randell U. Espina 61-80 The Deduction of the Possibility and Actuality of Evil in Schelling’s Of Human Freedom Valentino Lumowa 81-90 Jesuit Notes Notes from a Language Exercise David John M. Delos Reyes, SJ 91-105 Book Reviews 107-108 Contributors Capili – Recognizing the Other’s Appeal Recognizing the Other’s Appeal: Levinas’s Contribution to the Discourse on Multiculturalism April D. Capili Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium ABSTRACT: This paper provides an account of Levinas’s contribution to the discourse on multiculturalism. It argues that the recognition of what he calls as the ethical appeal of the other’s face is the necessary starting point in discussions relating to the issue of cultural pluralism. Demands for the recognition of the dignity of each individual can no longer rely on a credible notion of subjectivity and freedom. An individual’s worth is not to be grounded in the idea of autonomy but instead in the ethical signification revealed in the face. However, the Levinasian understanding of the other has been criticized as an abstraction. The paper defends Levinas’s insight by arguing that there is a distinction between the other and the way she manifests herself and that there are different and concrete ways through which Levinas speaks of the other and the self. KEYWORDS: Levinas, multiculturalism, recognition, face, difference, identity Introduction lbert Dondeyne (1963, 166) remarks that our contemporary world is characterized by a growing sense of historicity and solidarity Aprimarily because “the world is becoming one” and that humankind is now faced “with the greatest task ever—the task of building an economic and social world in which there is room for all.” Dondeyne highlights the inescapable character of our time and the formidable challenge that we face. While it is true that the world is coming together as more lines of communication and transaction become available—thanks to modern TAMBARA 30, NO.1 (2013): 1-16 — 1 — © 2013 Ateneo de Davao University Tambara 30 (June 2013) technologies —we also find ourselves in societies that are increasingly characterized by difference and diversity. The existence of differences is not only a fact but a potential source of misunderstandings and conflicts. At the root and at stake in these conditions are those particularities that make us who we are, that is, our identities (Kymlicka 1995, 1-5). Recent decades have seen a great deal of discussions about creating societies in which people of diverse cultural backgrounds, traditions, religious commitments, languages, and so on, can peacefully coexist.