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Philippine Nationalism

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Philippine Nationalism

What is Nationalism
• The term "nationalism" is generally used to describe two phenomena:
1. The attitude that the members of a nation have when they care
about their national identity
2. The actions that the members of a nation take when seeking to
achieve (or sustain) self-determination.
 It is traditional therefore, to distinguish nations from states - whereas
a nation often consists of an ethnic or cultural community, a state is
a political entity with a high degree of sovereignty. While many
states are nations in some sense, there are many nations which are
not fully sovereign states. - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
 The term "Filipino" originally referred to the Spanish criollos of the
Philippines. During their 333-year rule of the Philippines, the
Spanish rulers referred the natives as indios.

 Filipino nationalism refers to the establishment and support of a


political identity associated with the modern nation-state of the
Philippines, leading to a wide-ranging campaign for political, social,
and economic freedom in the Philippines.

 Also during the colonial era, the Spaniards born in the Philippines,
who were more known as insulares, criollos, or Creoles, were also
called "Filipinos." Spanish-born Spaniards or mainland Spaniards
residing in the Philippines were referred to as Peninsulares.
❖ Origins of Nationalism
• Higher education in the colony (Philippines) was not totally far
from Spain
• There was “lack of academic freedom” in the Philippines
because the Spaniards wanted to suppress it –Liberal ideas that
prevailed in Spain stays in Spain
• In 1863 Spanish became the official medium of instruction in
schools
• Most Filipinos study abroad for a better education
• In Europe like in Germany and France, liberal ideas were
apparent - their writing of history and its philosophy influenced
Rizal about the idea of an identity – he annotated Morgan’s
Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas
• The Propaganda Movement served as a catalyst for the creation
of national consciousness , a sense of one Filipino people not just
merely Tagalog, Visayas, and 13 Ilokanos but a people united
under a Spanish colonial rule but one people with a common
destiny of its own.
• The ideas of Fr. Jose Burgos became the precursor of the
nationalist ideas of Rizal
• Burgos and all the priests executed or exiled in 1872, studied in
the University of Santo Tomas run by the Dominican Order
❖ The Cavite Mutiny and Gomburza
• January 20, 1872 members of the artillery posted at the Cavite
arsenal rose in arms led by the native Sgt. La Madrid
• Governor-general Rafael Izquierdo ordered the Permanent War
Councils in Manila and Cavite to investigate, try the mutineers, and
punish the guilty as the law demanded
• After the fight has ended, the names of Filipino priests were brought
up and some wealthy liberals who will be exiled later on.
• They are: Frs. Burgos and Zamora (assigned to the Manila
Cathedral), Guevarra (pastor of Quiapo), Sevilla, Mariano Gomez, and
Feliciano Gomez (nephew of Mariano), and the lawyers Joaquin Pardo
de Tavera (professor of law at the University of Santo Tomas) and
Antonio Ma. Regidor
• Francisco Zaldua became the witness of the government against the
Filipino priests; he was the first to be executed.
• The three priests were found guilty and they were executed in
Bagumbayan in front of the populace. “Had it not been for the events of
1872, Rizal would have been a Jesuit!” - Rizal dedicated his El
Filibusterismo and the justification of his career to the martyrdom of the
three priests.

❖ Rizal’s Background
• Both his parent’s side had been people of substance and influence,
well above the average of their times.
• Doña Teodora’s family was the more distinguished - Her father was a
deputy for the Philippines in the Cortes, he was also her teacher - Her
brother was educated in Europe and spoke German, English, Spanish
and French; he was also a knight in the Order of Isabel the Catholic -
Her maternal grandfather, Manuel de Quintos, had been a well-known
lawyer in Manila - Both Don Lorenzo and his father Don Cipriano had
been mayors of Biñang
• Rizal’s family on the father’s side, Don Francisco, the Mercados,
had been originally merchants who shifted to agriculture 14
• Juan Mercado, Francisco’s father, had been thrice mayor of Binang
- Rizal’s father moved to Kalamba to cultivate lands leased from the
Dominicans, who became one of the town’s wealthiest men
• Jose himself had an aya, a nanny or personal servant; when he
was old enough his father engaged a private tutor for him who taught
him reading, writing, and the rudiments of Latin
• Later he would study in private schools, go to the university, finish
his courses abroad
❖ Jose Rizal: THE PRIME MOVER OF ASIAN NATIONALISM
 Rizal is recognized as the most prestigious and dedicated 19th
century nationalist.
 He was responsible in awakening Asia to the concept of
nationalism (Austin Coates)
 His poems, letters, and many articles showed his love of country ,
patriotism love of parents, his happiness, his sorrows The State of
the Philippines:
 The Background on Rizal’s Nationalism “To better understand and
appreciate the role of Jose Rizal in the making of a Filipino nation
one has to know the developments in the century when he lived,
the period when he worked.
 The 19th century was a period of CHALLENGES and
RESPONSES. It was a period of major changes which affected
men and society.

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