Rizals biography by austin coates
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Rizal: Filipino Nationalist and Patriot
However, the conflicting emotions were there because Coates has this odd predestination argument which colors the whole narrative. Reading the book made me feel uncomfortable. Coates has this set of stock characteristics for every nationality, and this includes the Filipino, as well. I remember a part of his book, where he stressed the mysticism and the mystery of the Orient. As a Filipino, it made me narrow my eyes in disapproval. So this is what exoticism looks like.
I really do appreciate how he wrote. I really do appreciate how he used different sources to magnify and support his claims. Working on that framework, the book is a 3.5 (which Goodreads doesn't have, apparently). The book made me forget that this was one of the main texts for an exam.
I can't let the exoticized view of the Oriental and the Filipino go, though. And I can't let the predestination argument go, as well.
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RIZAL -- Filipino Nationalist & Patriot - Hardcover
Synopsis
"Jose Rizal (1861-1896), Philippine poet and patriot, esact contemporary of Tagore and forerunner of Ghandi, died before a Spanish firing squad at age 35. His writings inspired the Philippine Revolution of 1896-1898, the earliest national uprising against a colonial power in Asia. But Rizal himself was eclipsed when the main scene of Asia's struggle for independence shifted from the Philippines to India. In his own country he continiues to be revered as a national hero, and has had greater influence on his people than any other man. The Spanish philosopher Unamuno described Rizal as the Tagalog Christ; and his life, while dedicated to his people, has a universal relevance. In Asia he stands with Sun Yat-sen, Gandhi and Tagore, as one who remoulded the thinking of a continent. But as a Catholic in the age of Darwin and Frazer he transcends both country and continent. In the harmony of religious faith and scientific knowledge which his life demonstrates, he stands for Asia whan Renan and Teilhard de Chardin stand for in the West, with the difference that Rizal was killed for what he believed, the instigators of his death being Spanish fiar missionaries out of touch with Catholic changes in Europe. This, t
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Rizal: Makabayan unresponsive Martir
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