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The Philippines is rich in history, in which a huge part of it consists of different problems tha... more The Philippines is rich in history, in which a huge part of it consists of different problems that continues in this present time. The past brought a lot of factors that directly affected the lives of Filipinos in the present. It is evident that the systems and lives of Filipinos today somewhat depicts the events that happened in the past. With these concepts ringing into our minds, we will have the initiative to question ourselves. What truly happened back then and what are the things that are still living in the present that we should have omitted already in the past? Let us explore some problems concerning the lives of the Filipinos and relate and find answers from our own history.
The "The Philippines: A Past Revisited from the Spanish Colonization to the Second World War" is ... more The "The Philippines: A Past Revisited from the Spanish Colonization to the Second World War" is a book written by Renato Constantino published in year 1975 to discuss and open his thoughts and ideas during the Spanish and American colonization in the Philippines. We all know that the Philippines was colonized by the said countries, and he is the one of many people who introduced a different perspective on what really happened during those times. He is a well-known Filipino historian and part of a leftist tradition of the Philippine historiography. In his book, he exposed a lot of things, traditions, and ways that the Filipinos are not able to have within their own identity and ways. He inducted that we should establish a foundation in which we understand what really happened in the past and how it affects our lives in this present time. We need to revisit our past and focus on the things on what the Filipinos should learn and give identity for themselves. The book itself has 18 chapters, in which every chapter has its own subject and topic. We can explore each chapter and extract each point presented in them. Let us revisit the past and know what truly happened in the colonial period and see if there is a connection and relevance on what happened in the things that is written in the books that reflects our history and with the lives of the Filipinos today. Let us start in the first chapter where it talks about the people's history, in which it must be refined that fits in the views of the Filipinos. Our history is very dependent on our colonizers back then. They run the tempo of our lives and even chose the path of our history and how it should be absorbed by the Filipinos. In short, we are not free to learn our own history and it points towards the history that our colonizers want us to have. But many Filipino historians have their own way of successfully align our history to have a perspective in a Filipino sense. The problem is with in the Filipinos themselves. They are not ready to accept their own history or even build and manifest with their experiences during colonial period. We should have a better understanding regarding on what truly happened in the past. And with this, we can relive and revisit the history of our country.
The Philippines is rich in history, in which a huge part of it consists of different problems tha... more The Philippines is rich in history, in which a huge part of it consists of different problems that continues in this present time. The past brought a lot of factors that directly affected the lives of Filipinos in the present. It is evident that the systems and lives of Filipinos today somewhat depicts the events that happened in the past. With these concepts ringing into our minds, we will have the initiative to question ourselves. What truly happened back then and what are the things that are still living in the present that we should have omitted already in the past? Let us explore some problems concerning the lives of the Filipinos and relate and find answers from our own history.
The "The Philippines: A Past Revisited from the Spanish Colonization to the Second World War" is ... more The "The Philippines: A Past Revisited from the Spanish Colonization to the Second World War" is a book written by Renato Constantino published in year 1975 to discuss and open his thoughts and ideas during the Spanish and American colonization in the Philippines. We all know that the Philippines was colonized by the said countries, and he is the one of many people who introduced a different perspective on what really happened during those times. He is a well-known Filipino historian and part of a leftist tradition of the Philippine historiography. In his book, he exposed a lot of things, traditions, and ways that the Filipinos are not able to have within their own identity and ways. He inducted that we should establish a foundation in which we understand what really happened in the past and how it affects our lives in this present time. We need to revisit our past and focus on the things on what the Filipinos should learn and give identity for themselves. The book itself has 18 chapters, in which every chapter has its own subject and topic. We can explore each chapter and extract each point presented in them. Let us revisit the past and know what truly happened in the colonial period and see if there is a connection and relevance on what happened in the things that is written in the books that reflects our history and with the lives of the Filipinos today. Let us start in the first chapter where it talks about the people's history, in which it must be refined that fits in the views of the Filipinos. Our history is very dependent on our colonizers back then. They run the tempo of our lives and even chose the path of our history and how it should be absorbed by the Filipinos. In short, we are not free to learn our own history and it points towards the history that our colonizers want us to have. But many Filipino historians have their own way of successfully align our history to have a perspective in a Filipino sense. The problem is with in the Filipinos themselves. They are not ready to accept their own history or even build and manifest with their experiences during colonial period. We should have a better understanding regarding on what truly happened in the past. And with this, we can relive and revisit the history of our country.