Moral Forces, Philosophy of History, and War in José Rizal

This article attempts to reconstruct an aspect of José Rizal's interpretation of history from some fragmentary remarks in the important essay "The Philippines a Century Hence" (1889-1890). It argues that previous efforts to arrive at such an understanding have been hampered by a lack...

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Published in:Philippine studies, historical & ethnographic viewpoints historical & ethnographic viewpoints, 2012-05, Vol.60 (1), p.5-32
Main Author: GUILLERMO, RAMON
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1861-1896
Colonialism
Cultural history
Dialectic
Historiography
History instruction
Morality
Philosophy of history
Rizal, José
Scientific ethics
Violence
War
Warfare
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Summary:This article attempts to reconstruct an aspect of José Rizal's interpretation of history from some fragmentary remarks in the important essay "The Philippines a Century Hence" (1889-1890). It argues that previous efforts to arrive at such an understanding have been hampered by a lack of attention to the categories that Rizal himself used in that work. Employing the method of conceptual concordance, the study proposes that a possible source for Rizal's historical categories may ultimately be traced to the tradition of German historicism and, in particular, to the military theorist Carl von Clausewitz.
ISSN:2244-1093
2244-1638
2244-1638
DOI:10.13185/2244-1638.2066