Lisandro E. Claudio. Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in 20th-Century Philippines. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2017, 227 pp.

• Main Author: Rivera, Miguel Paolo P.
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/socialtransformations/vol5/iss2/6; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/socialtransformations/article/1130/viewcontent/ST_205.2_206_20Book_20review_20__20Rivera.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Excerpt: This work is an interesting and engaging cross between intellectual history and political treatise. Primarily focusing on four Philippine figures during the twentieth century (Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and Salvador P. Lopez), Lisandro Claudio presents an impassioned,...