Liberalism and the postcolony
Subtitle: thinking the state in 20th-century Philippines
By: Lisandro E. Claudio
Series: Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies -- [19]; Kyoto CSEAS series on Asian studies -- 19.
Publisher: Kyoto University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9789814722520
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Politics and government; Liberalism; History
Other titles: Liberalism and the post colony; Thinking the state in 20th century Philippines
Description: "Extricating liberalism from the haze of anti-modernist and anti-European caricature, this book traces the role of liberal philosophy in the building of a new nation. It examines the role of toleration, rights, and mediation in the postcolony. Through the biographies of four Filipino scholar-bureaucrats--Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and Salvador P. Lopez--Lisandro E. Claudio argues that liberal thought served as the grammar of Filipino democracy in the 20th century. By looking at various articulations of liberalism in pedagogy, international affairs, economics, and literature, Claudio not only narrates an obscured history of the Philippine state, he also argues for a new liberalism rooted in the postcolonial experience"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-220) and index.