Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Filipino condition -- Retrieving authenticity : the Filipino way in context -- Javanese, Thais, Filipinos : all of us are Southeast Asian -- The lure of Southeast Asian religion -- The social imagination : mentality informing everyday life. Basic principles of Thai, Javanese, and Tagalog society -- Close family ties and separate roles -- Living with conflict among Javanese and Tagalog Filipinos -- Popular religiosity as an expression of family relationships -- Moralism versus sociology -- Images of the nation : mentality informing the public world. The nation as presented in school -- The moral dimension of Filipino culture -- Nation and society in fiction -- Summarizing the cultural process of lowland Christian society -- Philippine vignettes. Meeting my NPA neighbors -- Homecoming -- Little things -- Everyday bemusement -- The right to die? -- Life in the periphery (review) -- Dare to be Filipino (review) -- Tuesdays -- El Nino

In English.