"The Philippines: The Past Revisited by Renato Constantino" (original) (raw)

History is the study of previous events. We can learn how prior societies, systems, ideologies, governments, cultures, and technologies were created, how they functioned, and how they evolved by studying history. The world's rich past aids us in painting a detailed picture of where we are now. History plays an important role in our modern society. It shares its vast knowledge of how today's humanity and cultures came to be with the people. Our concept of our identity is reflected in history. Do we even have the right to call ourselves Filipinos if we don't know our history? Our biases and assumptions alter the truth in our records. It will also be handed down to the following generation if it is not addressed. The truth will gradually be hidden beneath a mound of deception. Because that is what the people have learnt and understood, correcting it will become much more difficult and complicated. So, where does that leave us? Our historical roots are shaky, and our nationalistic identity is warped. Every country, including the Philippines, has its own history that reflects how people live in modern times. From pre-Hispanic times to the present, how societies have struggled has had a huge impact on today's culture, principles, and governance. Since the influence of our invaders from Spain, Japan, and America shaped the framework of today's civilization, it is a sliver of national historic proof. Due to their massive impact and foreign power over us in the past, it is impossible to separate them from our rich historical background. As a result, the teachings and practices they taught us have remained with us until this day. However, the people of our country must be reminded that we must learn from previous generations in order to avoid circumstances that could result in massive misery in the future. Renato Constantino's book The Philippines: A Past Revisited attempts to see Philippine history through the eyes of Filipinos and restructure its historical framework such that an average Filipino may comprehend it. He examines the persecution of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management (OUS) Filipino masses from the beginning to 1941, as well as the battle of men like himself to overcome preconceptions about Filipinos fostered by Spaniards and Americans. It provides new insights into how Philippine society evolved to become what it is today, following its development from pre-Spanish colonization to the eve of World War II. Renato Constantino is a scholar and a Filipino patriot who writes for a Filipino community. He explores into the Philippines' productive connections and class structure, as well as how the Filipino people's engagement in building their own history has influenced and been influenced by them. A Past Revisited by Renato Constantino is the first of a planned two-volume work that would cover all of modern Philippine history. He also exposes the misconceptions and prejudices fostered in the work of Spanish and American historians, challenging their mainstream perspectives. His work contributes significantly to intellectual decolonization. The Making of a Filipino: A Story of Philippine Colonial Politics (1969), The Miseducation of the Filipino (1959), and The Philippines A Past Revisited are among Renato Constantino's works (1969). This huge project, which spans Philippine history from the early colonial period to the eve of World War II, is the first attempt to produce a "re-usable" history, as he calls it. Renato Constantino, a late Filipino historian, wrote various books, including The Philippines: A Past Revisited. Constantino has been a prolific writer and journalist since he was a child. Frequently authoring articles that attack political people and historical documents that are erroneous. Since then, he has advocated for correcting our historical understanding in order to get insight into our current challenges. "The Philippines: A Past Revisited," one of Constantino's two volumes, tries to correct our distorted historical understanding. It was first published in 1974 and looks into the history of Filipino subjugation from precolonial times through 1941. His work is part of a larger movement by historians like him to rewrite history free of the preconceptions imposed by the Spanish and Americans. It depicts the story of the past through the perspective of the masses, the true protagonists in Philippine history: the Filipino people. Constantino's objective is to write a true Filipino history, the nation's history. He argues that the primary attention has been on unidentified masses of people, as well as the social Polytechnic University of the Philippines Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management (OUS)