Lesson 18 Rizal's Political, Historical, Economic, and Sociological Thought PDF

Caraga state university Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines URL: www.carsu.edu.ph LESSON 18 RIZAL: THE POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT  POLITICAL IDEAS ✓ industrial democrat and, strictly in a legal and pol...

Caraga state university Ampayon, Butuan City 8600, Philippines URL: www.carsu.edu.ph LESSON 18 RIZAL: THE POLITICAL, HISTORICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIOLOGICAL THOUGHT  POLITICAL IDEAS ✓ industrial democrat and, strictly in a legal and political sense ✓an anti-cleric ✓thought of the liberation of his country as a gradual process, one chiefly of education ✓freedom without the knowledge of how to use it meant absolutely nothing “If the Philippines must remain under the control of Spain it will necessarily have to be transformed in a political sense, for the course of its history and the needs of its inhabitants require the change— «transformation will be violent and fatal if it proceeds from the ranks of the people, but powerful and fruitful if it emanates from the upper classes.”-Jose Rizal  POLITICAL IDEAS ✓ political reforms 1. Representation of the country in the Spanish Cortes 2. Secularization of the priesthood 3. Reform administration in all its branches 4. Divide civil appointments equally between Spaniard and Filipinos 5. Cleanse the administration of justice. Spain’s courts of justice were the foulest blot on her colonial administration. 6. That the government should encourage individual incentive and striving in all fields. It should guarantee liberty, opportunity and strictly limited concentration of power. There should be different rewards proportionate to the difference in skills and abilities.  POLITICAL IDEAS “My countrymen, I have given proofs that I am most anxious for liberties for our country, and I am still desirous of them. But I place as a prior condition the education of the people, that by means of instruction and industry our country may have an individuality of its own and make itself worthy of these liberties. I have recommended in my writings the study of the civic virtues without which there is no redemption. I have written likewise (and I repeat my words) that reform, to be beneficial, must come from above, that those which come from below are irregularly gained and uncertain.”-Jose Rizal  HISTORICAL VIEW Annotation of Antonio de Morga’ Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas ✓provided the seeds of the idea of how the Filipinos should view themselves amidst a growing nationalism that eventually led to the formation of a nation ✓proved that the Filipinos were already civilized before the advent of Spain  HISTORICAL VIEW The Philippines Within A Century ✓expressed his views on the Spanish colonization in the Philippines and predicted with accuracy the tragic end of Spain’s sovereignty in Asia ✓portrayed the glorious past of the Filipinos and described their economic stagnation under Spanish rule ✓warned Spain of what would happen to her colonial empire in Asia if she would not adopt a more liberal and enlightened policy toward the Philippines  ECONOMIC IDEAS He took active part in business in Dapitan, aside from fishing industry, he also engaged in buying and selling copra and hemp. Rizal imported modern-stripping machine from Manila, thereby increasing Dapitan's production of hemp fibers. ✓ lamented that the business and commerce in his native land were in the hands of foreigners. He stated that "Everybody engages in business in our country except ourselves.” ✓ organized the Cooperative Association of Dapitan Farmers to break the Chinese monopoly “Study nations that have indeed prospered and do what they are doing…And why are they prospering? (referring to the rich nations)- Simoun, El Filibusterismo  SOCIAL IDEAS ✓ frowned on immorality and always advocated a high standard of living ✓tells the Filipinos to strive for education, raise the level of morality and culture, to learn self-dependence, to think for themselves, and to become more united ✓believed that change should come from within as a result of understanding, and not from without as a result of coercion ✓worked for the union of all Filipinos and for reforms (La Liga Filipina)  SOCIAL IDEAS ✓ sought to adapt the best things he found abroad to the conditions of his country ✓ had the background and judgment to weigh and consider authoratively his country’s intellectual and social development ✓ felt that there was such a thing as universality of culture and that the Philippines should preserve the best of what they already possessed ✓ wished to see his countrymen enjoy all the fruits of happy domestic existence and to know the fullest enjoyment of the nobler emotions engendered therein ✓ believed in education and industry ✓ believed in education as an important aspect of social relations  References Garcia, C and Cruz, C. (2005). Rizal and the Development of Filipino Nationalism: A Textbook on the Life, Works, and Writings of our National Hero. Mandaluyong City: Books Atpb. Publishing Corp. Zaide, G. and Zaide S. (2008). Jose Rizal: Life, Works and Writings of a Genius, Writer, Scientist and National Hero. 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