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

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 Jr., Filomeno V.;
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
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Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Education
History
Political Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.phstudies-10422024-10-11T09:51:48Z What Made the Masses Revolutionary?: Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.; 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.KEYWORDS: THE MASSES • PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION • HISTORIOGRAPHY • LITERATURE • CLASS ANALYSIS • EDUCATION 2020-06-14T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol68/iss2/2 info:doi/10.13185/2244-1638.1042 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1042/viewcontent/What_20Made_20the_20Masses_20Revolutionary_20_5Bvol._2068_20no._202_20_282020_29_20137_E2_80_9378_5D.pdf Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Archīum Ateneo Anthropology Arts and Humanities Education History Political Science Social and Behavioral Sciences Sociology
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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country Philippines
Philippines
content_provider Ateneo De Manila University Library
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topic Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Education
History
Political Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
spellingShingle Anthropology
Arts and Humanities
Education
History
Political Science
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.;
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.KEYWORDS: THE MASSES • PHILIPPINE REVOLUTION • HISTORIOGRAPHY • LITERATURE • CLASS ANALYSIS • EDUCATION
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author Aguilar Jr., Filomeno V.;
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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
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