Jose Rizal and Nationalism Week Date Week 1 @June 16, 2023 Files Notes tested on quiz Unit/mod M1 Understanding Nationalism: 💡 Nationalism is a sense of pride or loyalty to one's nation. It often involves a shared cultural or historical heritage and a desire for political sovereignty and selfdetermination. Nationalism can manifest itself in various forms, from peaceful cultural celebrations to violent conflicts and wars. Sense of a NATION- a group bounded by the same cultural backgrounds and/or the same sentiments and aspirations Nationalism as a unifying factor Nationalism as a differentiating factor in the global society Nationalism is the enemy of modern developmental history (Tom Nairn) Rizal and Nationalism: Jose Rizal and Nationalism 1 Rizal employed intellectual means to reinforce nationalist sentiments Rizal’s approach led to the construction of a usable past to liberate the manipulated mass (pobre y ignorante) John Phelan’s The Hispanization of the Philippines (1959) âžž Nationalism as the processes of evangelization (Christianity) and Revolution (Emilio Aguinaldo on June 12, 1989) Death of Rizal as a counter force to supplant Spanish abusive regime Modern-day Nationalism: Benedict Anderson Nationalism a imperialism (Growing Marxism in Vietnam, Cambodia and China) Paradoxes of Nationalism objective identity of nation vs. subjective identity of nation formal universality of nationality vs. irremediable particularity political power of nationalism vs. its philosophical poverty Nationalism as emerged in the concept of nation that is imagined, limited, sovereign, and communal Theories of Nationalism: 1.) Primodialism: “Ethnic Core” 2.) Modernity Theory: “Modern forces of society” 3.) Constructivism: “A constructed virtue” Jose Rizal and Nationalism 2
