Liberalism and the postcolony : thinking the state in 20th-century Philippines / Lisandro E. Claudio
By: Claudio, Lisandro E [author.]
Language: English Series: Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies ; 19Publisher: Quezon City : Ateneo de Manila University Press, [2017]Copyright date: c2017Description: xi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9784814000678; 9789715507806Other title: Liberalism and the post colony | Thinking the state in 20th century PhilippinesSubject(s): Liberalism -- Political aspects -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century | Philippines -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 320.5109599 LOC classification: DS685 | .C57 2017Summary: "Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of a new nation. It examines the role of toleration, rights, and mediation in the postcolony. Through the biographies of four Filipino scholar-bureaucrats--Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and Salvador P. Lopez--Lisandro E. Claudio argues that liberal thought served as the grammar of Filipino democracy in the 20th century. By looking at various articulations of liberalism in pedagogy, international affairs, economics, and literature, Claudio not only narrates an obscured history of the Philippine state, he also argues for a new liberalism rooted in the postcolonial experience"-- Page 4 of cover.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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This book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of a new nation. Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, it examines the role of toleration, rights, and mediation in the postcolony. Through the biographies of four Filipino scholar-bureaucrats--Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and Salvador P. Lopez--Lisandro E. Claudio argues that liberal thought served as the grammar of Filipino democracy in the 20th century. By looking at various articulations of liberalism in pedagogy, international affairs, economics, and literature, Claudio not only narrates an obscured history of the Philippine state, he also argues for a new liberalism rooted in the postcolonial experience.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [204]-220) and index.
"Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of a new nation. It examines the role of toleration, rights, and mediation in the postcolony. Through the biographies of four Filipino scholar-bureaucrats--Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and Salvador P. Lopez--Lisandro E. Claudio argues that liberal thought served as the grammar of Filipino democracy in the 20th century. By looking at various articulations of liberalism in pedagogy, international affairs, economics, and literature, Claudio not only narrates an obscured history of the Philippine state, he also argues for a new liberalism rooted in the postcolonial experience"-- Page 4 of cover.
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