Brains of the nation: Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes and the production of modern knowledge / Resil B. Mojares.
By: Mojares, Resil B
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BookPlace of publication: Quezon CityPublisher: Ateneo de Manila University PressDate of publication: 2006Description: xii, 565 pages: with some illustrations, 23 cm.ISBN: 9789715504966.Subject(s): Paterno, Pedro Alejandro, 1857-1911 | Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo, 1857-1925 | De Los Reyes, Isabelo, 1864-1938 | Philippines -- History -- 1898- -- BiographyDDC classification: FIL 959.903 M729 2006 Summary: Grounded in a detailed analysis of the lives and works of Pedro Paterno, T. H. Pardo de Tavera, and Isabelo de los Reyes, the book is a richly textured portrait of a generation that created the self-consciousness of the Filipino nation. It explores the historical conditions that shaped the emergence of a modern Philippine intelligentsia and the unfinished, strange, and wondrous itineraries diverse intellectuals took in engaging Western knowledge and dealing with the local realities of the country from, of, and for which they tried or pretended to speak. Brains of the Nation is a groundbreaking work in Philippine intellectual history.
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Senior High School Library Filipiniana | Filipiniana | FIL 959.903 M729 2006 (Browse shelf) | In transit from High School Department to Senior High School Library since 01/23/2023 |
Includes notes, appendix and index.
Grounded in a detailed analysis of the lives and works of Pedro Paterno, T. H. Pardo de Tavera, and Isabelo de los Reyes, the book is a richly textured portrait of a generation that created the self-consciousness of the Filipino nation. It explores the historical conditions that shaped the emergence of a modern Philippine intelligentsia and the unfinished, strange, and wondrous itineraries diverse intellectuals took in engaging Western knowledge and dealing with the local realities of the country from, of, and for which they tried or pretended to speak. Brains of the Nation is a groundbreaking work in Philippine intellectual history.
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