Archaeology and Genealogy in the Discourses on Faith and Colonization
Authors: Bustamante Christian Bryan 
Published: October 2022

This article provides a philosophical analysis using Foucault’s concepts of archaeology and genealogy to the Spanish colonization of the Filipinos. As a philosophical treatise, this article focused its discussion on the plurality of discourses that emerged and prevailed during the colonization. It illustrated the techniques and strategies used to propagate the discourses of the colonizers and to transform the Filipino natives into colonial subjects and in particular, the techniques and strategies utilized by Spanish missionaries. Lastly, it also presented the discourses of Filipino propagandists to enlighten the Filipinos about their colonial situation as well as to deconstruct the discourses inculcated by the colonizers in the Filipino consciousness.
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