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Faculty members

research

SPECIALIZATIONS
Friedrich Nietzsche, Peter Sloterdijk

INTERESTS
Comparative/Multicultural Philosophy, the Kyoto School; Byung-Chul Han; Henri Lefebvre, Urbanism, Philosophy of the City

professional affiliations

Instructor III, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas

Managing Editor, Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy

Member of the following philosophical associations:
FilArch, Coimbra, Portugal
Nietzsche Circle, New York, NY, USA
North American Nietzsche Society, Stanford, CA, USA
Friedrich Nietzsche Society, UK
Académie du Midi
European Network of Japanese Philosophy, Hildesheim, Germany
International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Hawaiʻi, USA
Philippine National Philosophical Research Society, Manila
Philosophical Association of the Philippines, Manila
Philosophical Association of the Visayas and Mindanao, Leyte, Philippines
Social Ethics Society, Davao, Philippines

recognitions received

GRANTS
  • "Catholicism in the Philippines between Kagandahang-loób and Sákop: An Attempt with a Critical Phenomenology of Religion" for the book anthology Philosophies of Appropriated Religions in Southeast Asia, DLSU-Southeast Asia Research and Hub for The Global Philosophy of Religion Project; Grant award: PhP 26,000.00

AWARDS and RECOGNITIONS
  • Top price, Cardinal Ceferino Gonzales Award for Indexed Publications (2021-2022), Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation (September 2023)
  • Summa cum laude, MA Degree, The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas
  • Meritissimus, MA Thesis, Office for Graduate Research. University of Santo Tomas
  • Top Prize Winner, Don Isabelo de los Reyes Essay Writing Contest, “New Themes on Filipino Philosophy,” Philosophical Association of the Philippines (July 2018) on the paper: “Five (5) Assumptions on The Illusion ‘Filipino Philosophy’: A Prelude to Cultural Critique.”
educational background

Doctor of Philosophy, Major in Philosophy
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines
Dissertation (defended July 2023): Between Philosophy and Design: A Critical Theory of Dwelling and Space (bene meritus)
Supervisor: Prof. Jovito V. Cariño, Ph.D.
Panel: Prof. Jove Jim S. Aguas, Ph.D.
Prof. Michael Anthony C. Vasco, Ph.D.
Prof. Paolo A. Bolaños, Ph.D.
Prof. Ian Raymond B. Pacquing, Ph.D.
Ar. Assoc. Prof. Leah P. dela Cruz, Ph.D.


Master of Arts, Major in Philosophy (summa cum laude)
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (2018-2020)
Thesis: An Attempt at Nietzsche’s Politics: Overcoming the Agon (Zur Versuch in Nietzsches Politik: Überwindung der Agon) (meritissimus)              
Supervisor: Prof. Paolo A. Bolaños, Ph.D.
Panel:   Prof. Jovito V. Cariño, Ph.D.
            Assoc. Prof. Roland Theuas DS. Pada, Ph.D.
            Assoc. Prof. Raniel Reyes, Ph.D.

Bachelor of Arts, Major in Philosophy
University of Santo Tomas, España Blvd., Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines (August 2016 – June 2018)
Thesis: Dystopia and the Necessity of Fictitious Tragedy: Madness, Art, and Life-affirmation in Nietzsche (perfect grade commendation)
Supervisor: Prof. Paolo A. Bolaños, Ph.D.
Panel:   (+) Br. Romualdo E. Abulad, Ph.D., SVD
              Assoc. Prof.  Raniel Reyes, Ph.D.
San Carlos Seminary, EDSA, Guadalupe Viejo, Makati, Philippines (June 2013 – March 2016)

Completed Courses

  • Roman Philosophy (12-16 July 2021) Summer School in Ancient Philosophy 2021, University College London, London, UK (online)
  • In and Out: Questioning the Philosophical Canon (28 June – 1 July 2021) Summer School 2021, Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia (online)
  • Seminar on Social Ontology (Spring 2021) Post-graduate seminar course given by Professor Emeritus Stephan Fuchs, Ph.D. Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil (online)
  • 4th WHU Contemporary Issues in Political Philosophy Summer School 2020 (1 August – 7 August 2020) “The Frontier of Contemporary Political Philosophy” Summer School 2020School of Philosophy, Wuhan University, China (online)
  • Moral Foundation of Politics (completed: 19 June 2020) Yale University, CT, USA. Coursera.
  • Introduction to Philosophy (completed: 2 May 2020) The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Coursera.

publications

BOOK CHAPTERS
  • “The Garden against Modernity: Lahore, Paris, and Kyoto.” Chapter contribution. On Gardens: Nature as Matter of Expression. Edited by Constantino Pereira Martins. (Porto: Ordem dos Arquitectos and Secção Regional Norte, 2023). ISBN: 978-989-54638-9-3. 72–85.
  • “Reimagining Utopia as Dwelling: An Attempt at a Critical Theory of Space.” Chapter contribution. (Re)Inventing the Utopian Spaces. Edited by Grzegorz Zinkiewicz. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2022. ISBN: 9781527584884. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-8488-4
  • “Between the Economy and Everyday Life: A Revaluation of the Anthropocene City during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Chapter contribution. COVID-19 Philosophical Research. Social Ethics Society (Philippines) Book Project. Amazon KDP. ASIN: ‎ B0B53X4997. 6-23.
  • “Design in Everyday Life: Musings on the Problem of Dwelling.” Chapter contribution. Visão, Possibilidade, Virtualidade Vision, Possiblity, Virtuality. Edited by Constantino Pereira Martins and Vítor Alves. Porto: Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte, 2022.
  • “The Harmony of Moral Education: The Categorical Imperative and Tien Xia Da Tong.” Chapter contribution. Education in an Age of Lies and Fake News: Regaining a Love of Truth. Edited by Jānis Tālivaldis Ozoliņš. London: Routledge, 2022. ISBN: 9780367611002. https://www.routledge.com/Education-in-an-Age-of-Lies-and-Fake-News-Regaining-a-Love-of-Truth/Ozolins/p/book/9780367611002
  • “Cynical Reason in the Academe.” Chapter contribution. Loneliness and the Crisis of Work. Edited by Pritika Nehra. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021. ISBN: 9781527569126. https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6912-6

JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • “The Enlightenment on Stage: A Celebration of Two Critiques.” Published in Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy 23, no. 1. 2022. 166-180. https://doi.org/10.46992/pijp.23.1.a.10
  • “Dasein and inter-esse, or how event is design.” Published in Inscriptions: An International Journal for Contemporary Thinking on Philosophy, Psycho-analysis, and the Arts 5. 2022. 56-63. https://www.tankebanen.no/inscriptions/index.php/inscriptions/article/view/148/94
  • “The Kynic in the Cynical Cult.” Published in Il Cannocchiale - Rivista di Filosofia vol 2. 2021. https://edizioniesi.it/e-shop/il-cannocchiale-2-21.html
  • “Sloterdijk and Interreligious Dialogue against Extremist Reason: A Reflection on Christianity’s Quincentennial Anniversary.” Published in Lectio: A Graduate Journal of Philosophy 1. 2021. https://lectio.org/journal/1/rennesland.pdf
  • “The Affirmation of Nothingness in Zhuang Zi’s Humor.” Published in Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy 15, no. 1. 2021. 75-92. https://doi.org/10.25138/15.1.a4
  • “Five (5) Assumptions on The Illusion ‘Filipino Philosophy’: A Prelude to Cultural Critique.” Published in Suri: Journal of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines 9, no. 1. 2021. https://suri.pap73.org/issue13/rennesland_suri_april2021.pdf
  • “Humanity as the Will to Power: Affirmation and Danger in the Eternal Return.” Published in InCircolo - Rivista di Filosofia e Culture 10, 2020, monographic issue on “Nietzsche the Humanist.” Edited by Carlotta Santini. 118-137. http://www.incircolorivistafilosofica.it/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/InCircolo-n.10-6-Rennesland.pdf
  • “Nihilism Today: Enlightened False Consciousness.” Published in Talisik: An Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy 7, August 2020: pp. 45-48. http://talisik.org/2020%20RENNESLAND.pdf
  • “Nietzsche, the Anthropocene, and COVID-19.” Published in Social Ethics Society Journal of Applied Philosophy, Special Issue. July 2020: 104-125. http://ses-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Article-5_Rennesland_SESJuly2020.pdf
  • “Afterimages: Liberation Ideology in the Culture Industry.” Published in Talisik: An Undergraduate Journal of Philosophy 5, no. 2. 2018: 112-121. http://talisik.org/2018%20RENNESLAND.pdf
  • “The Alienated Ethical Consideration: A (Post-)Marxist Critique on the Sport Practitioner.” Published in Suri: Journal of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines 7, no. 1. 2018: pp. 34-46. http://suri.pap73.org/issue10/Rennesland_SURI_2018.pdf


BOOK REVIEWS
  • “Foucault, Michel, Confessions of the Flesh.” Ed. by Frédérick Gros, trans. by Robert Hurley, New York: Vintage Book, 2021, 396pp. Published in Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy 16, no. 2. 2022. 76-81. https://doi.org/10.25138/16.2.br1
  • “Cariño, Jovito V., Manghâ: Sulyap Kung Saan Nagmulâ.” Davao: Aletheia Publishing, 2022, 169pp. Published in Suri: Journal of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines 10, no. 2. 2022. 77-85. https://suri.pap73.org/issue16/rennesland_suri_october2022.pdf
  • “Soraj Hongladarom and Jeremiah Joven Joaquin, eds., Love and Friendship Across Cultures: Perspectives from East and West.” Singapore: Springer, 2021, 190pp. Published in Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy 23:2. 2022. 375-382. https:// doi.org/10.46992/pijp.23.2.r.1
  • “Latour, Bruno, After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis.” Translated by Julie Rose. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2021, 248pp. Published in Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy 16, no. 1. 2022. 190-196. https://doi.org/10.25138/16.1.br1
  • “Bolaños, Paolo A., Thought-pieces: Nietzschean Reflections on Anti-foundationalism, Ethics, and Politics.” Davao: Aletheia Publishing, 2021, 169pp. Published in Suri: Journal of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines 10, no. 1. 2022. 122-128. https://suri.pap73.org/issue15/rennesland_suri_april2022.pdf
  • “Sloterdijk, Peter. Infinite Mobilization: Towards a Critique of Political Kinetics” London: Polity, 2021, 224pp. Published in Perspectives: UCD Postgraduate Journal of Philosophy 9 (Winter 2021). 372-379. https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/research/perspectives/
  • “Bolaños, Paolo A., Nietzsche and Adorno on Philosophical Praxis, Language, and Reconciliation: Towards an Ethics of Thinking.” Lanham, MD: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2021, 210pp. Published in Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy 15, no. 1. 2021. 141-146. https://doi.org/10.25138/15.1.br1
  • “Beiner, Ronald, Dangerous Minds: Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Return of the Far Right.” Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018, 176pp. Published in Suri: Journal of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines 9, no. 1. 2021. https://suri.pap73.org/issue13/rennesland2_suri_april2021.pdf
  • “Vergara, Camila, Systemic Corruption: Constitutional Ideas for an Anti-Oligarchic Republic.” Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2020, 288pp. Published in Philosophia: International Journal of Philosophy 21:1. 2021. 121-127. https://doi.org/10.46992/pijp.22.1.r.1

CORRESPONDENCES/PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTION
  • “The Virus as the Other:  A reply to Dr. Bolaños’ ‘Becoming-virus, ‘Life from the Point of View of a Virus’.” Published in PHAVISMINDA Journal 20 (2021). 164-169. https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/028b0f1b-224c-45f2-944a-0a4e4bbf7b2b/downloads/08%20RENNESLAND%20(Final).pdf?ver=1643335799721
  • “Solidarity and Immunological Reason.” Published in Journal of Public Health (30 March 2021). 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdab107
paper presentations

  • Aquinas on Modernity’s Cynicality: Initial Musings on Acedia and Magnanimity (18 – 19 July 2023) Truth as Dialogue: Conversations on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Contemporary Questions on Truth, 9th Leandro Legaspi Lecture Series. University of Santo Tomas.
  • The Garden against Modernity: Lahore, Paris, and Kyoto (22 – 24 June 2022) On Gardens: Nature as Matter of Expression. FilArch 2022 philosophy and architecture symposium. Research Centre for Art and Creative Industries, Kodolányi János University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Nihilism in the City: From Nietzsche’s Eurobuddhism to Sloterdijk’s Eurotaoism (23 – 26 June 2022) Unlearning Nihilism. Joint conference of RHUL’s Centre for Continental Philosophy and The New Centre for Research & Practice. Stewart House, London, UK.
    Catholicism in the Philippines between Kagandahang-loób and Sákop: An Attempt with a Critical Phenomenology of Religion (21-24 July 2021) 2nd summit of Union of Societies and Associations of Philosophy in the Philippines / 2021 National Conference of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines / 2nd meeting of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines (PAP) and the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand (PARST), on the theme “Emerging Philosophies of Religion in Southeast Asia.”
  • Questioning Thought: An East Asian Attempt with Pure Experience (28 June – 1 July 2021) In and Out: Questioning the Philosophical Canon. Summer School 2021. Institute of Philosophy, Zagreb, Croatia.
  • Sloterdijk and Interreligious Dialogue against Extremist Reason: A Polemic for Christianity’s Quincentennial Anniversary (26-30 April 2021) Graduate Philosophical Conference “Christianity and the Philippine Intellectual Landscape.” The Graduate School and the Department of Philosophy. University of Santo Tomas, Manila, the Philippines.
  • Hope and Cynical Reason (18-23 January 2021) 1st International PhD Student Conference “Contemporary Philosophical Issues PhD.” Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia.
  • Mapping Life-Affirmation in the Anthropocene: Cynical Reason and (Post-)Truth (14-15 December 2020) 24th Annual Conference. Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand. Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Bansomdejchaopraya Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • Creating Meaning after the Death of God (17-19 July 2020) Third International Conference on Philosophy and Meaning in Life. The John Hick Center for Philosophy of Religion and the Waseda Institute of Life and Death Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
  • Transcendence in Learning Philosophy: Experiencing Thought in The East-West Dialogue (15-16 July 2019) Multicultural Philosophy Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • Zhuang Zi’s Dream Argument as Hypothesis: Perspective, Existence, Freedom (2-5 July 2019) 21st International Conference of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Universität Berne, Bern, Switzerland, with the theme: “Reality, Argumentation, and Persuasion: Metaphysical Explorations and Epistemological Engagements in Chinese.”
  • Li, Yi, and Duty: The Categorical Imperative and Tien Xia Da Tong (28-30 March 2019) Conférence Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie (COMIUCAP) 2019 Conference, University of Notre Dame, Sydney, Australia, with the theme: “Truth, Lies, Fake News and Moral Education.”
  • From Metaphor to Metamorphosis: Becoming-Woman to Becoming-Emancipatory in Deterritorialization (November 2018) Mid-year conference of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines, Holy Angels University, San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines.
  • Human Rights in the Philippines: State of Exception and Biopolitics (December 2017) Kritike Conference in Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Kritike: An Online Journal in Philosophy. University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines, with the theme: “Critical Theory at the Margins”
  • The Alienated Ethical Consideration: A (Post-)Marxist Critique on the Sport Practitioner (November 2017) 1st DLSU International Conference on the Philosophy of Sport and Games, De La Salle University, co-sponsored by the Mid-year conference of the Philosophical Association of the Philippines, Laguna, Philippines.
  • Art and Alienation: Liberation Ideology in the Culture Industry (July 2017) The De La Salle Undergraduate Research Symposium 2017, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.
  • Capitalism and Pedagogy: Becoming for Philippine Education (March 2017) Philosophical Association of the Philippines, St. Louis University, Baguio City, Benguet, Philippines.
  • Art and Music as an Escape from the World in Arthur Schopenhauer’s Philosophy (July 2016) The De La Salle Undergraduate Research Symposium 2016, De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines.

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