What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses

Regarded as a classic in Philippine historiography, Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses published in 1956 is examined to understand the author’s explanation of what made “the masses” revolutionary. The study finds a profound incoherence: Agoncillo posited literacy and political consciousnes...

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Main Author: Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.history-faculty-pubs-10322020-07-01T07:52:33Z What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr Regarded as a classic in Philippine historiography, Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses published in 1956 is examined to understand the author’s explanation of what made “the masses” revolutionary. The study finds a profound incoherence: Agoncillo posited literacy and political consciousness in explaining the explosion in the Katipunan’s membership, but throughout the book the dominant characterization of the masses was one of ignorance, gullibility, impulsiveness, irrationality, and treachery. The study explains this contradiction in light of Agoncillo’s blending of literature and history, the educated elite’s unquestioned assumptions about ignorance, and the ethos of the postwar “proletarian” writer. 2020-01-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/33 https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=history-faculty-pubs History Department Faculty Publications Archīum Ateneo THE MASSES PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION HISTORIOGRAPHY LITERATURE CLASS ANALYSIS EDUCATION Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
institution Ateneo De Manila University
building Ateneo De Manila University Library
country Philippines
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topic THE MASSES
PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION
HISTORIOGRAPHY
LITERATURE
CLASS ANALYSIS
EDUCATION
Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
spellingShingle THE MASSES
PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION
HISTORIOGRAPHY
LITERATURE
CLASS ANALYSIS
EDUCATION
Quantitative, Qualitative, Comparative, and Historical Methodologies
Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
description Regarded as a classic in Philippine historiography, Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses published in 1956 is examined to understand the author’s explanation of what made “the masses” revolutionary. The study finds a profound incoherence: Agoncillo posited literacy and political consciousness in explaining the explosion in the Katipunan’s membership, but throughout the book the dominant characterization of the masses was one of ignorance, gullibility, impulsiveness, irrationality, and treachery. The study explains this contradiction in light of Agoncillo’s blending of literature and history, the educated elite’s unquestioned assumptions about ignorance, and the ethos of the postwar “proletarian” writer.
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author Aguilar, Filomeno V, Jr
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title What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
title_short What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
title_full What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
title_fullStr What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
title_full_unstemmed What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
title_sort what made the masses revolutionary?: ignorance, character, and class in teodoro agoncillo’s the revolt of the masses
publisher Archīum Ateneo
publishDate 2020
url https://archium.ateneo.edu/history-faculty-pubs/33
https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=history-faculty-pubs
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