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    05 eLMS Task 1 Essay: 1. Do You Agree With Rizal's Presentation of Our Pre-Colonial History? Why or Why Not?

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    Rizal envisioned pre-colonial Filipinos as having a relatively advanced culture before Spanish colonization based on historical facts and evidence. He argued that pre-colonial Filipino society had developed trade networks and contact with other cultures. Rizal maintained that the perceived indolence of Filipinos under colonial rule was not due to innate traits, but was instead a product of the exploitative and oppressive colonial system that demoralized and ruined Filipinos. His view countered the colonial narrative that blamed Filipino backwardness on inherent laziness or indolence.

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    Rizal envisioned pre-colonial Filipinos as having a relatively advanced culture before Spanish colonization based on historical facts and evidence. He argued that pre-colonial Filipino society had developed trade networks and contact with other cultures. Rizal maintained that the perceived indolence of Filipinos under colonial rule was not due to innate traits, but was instead a product of the exploitative and oppressive colonial system that demoralized and ruined Filipinos. His view countered the colonial narrative that blamed Filipino backwardness on inherent laziness or indolence.

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    Rizal envisioned pre-colonial Filipinos as having a relatively advanced culture before Spanish colonization based on historical facts and evidence. He argued that pre-colonial Filipino society had developed trade networks and contact with other cultures. Rizal maintained that the perceived indolence of Filipinos under colonial rule was not due to innate traits, but was instead a product of the exploitative and oppressive colonial system that demoralized and ruined Filipinos. His view countered the colonial narrative that blamed Filipino backwardness on inherent laziness or indolence.

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    05 eLMS Task 1; Essay

    1. Do you agree with Rizal's presentation of our pre-colonial history? Why or


    why not?
    Yes, I agree. Rizal's views on pre-colonial history are based entirely on reality. According to
    Rizal's reasoning, the bloated Spanish colonial bureaucracy systematically oppressed the Filipinos
    while blaming their underdevelopment on presumed indolence. Rizal used logic and historical fact
    to demonstrate that this viewpoint was incorrect. To counter the colonialist view of Filipino
    indolence, Rizal turned to pre-colonial history. The evidence demonstrated that pre-colonial Filipino
    culture was relatively advanced, implying that the perceived backwardness was caused by
    colonialism. Of course, despite the arguments of the heavy-handed colonial government and the
    hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church, the colonial policy was repressive. Rizal referred to the
    friars and propagators of light as "boasted ministers of God." These are the realities of our pre-
    colonial history; Filipinos are not to blame for their misfortunes because they are not masters of
    their fate. Filipinos are being forced to work, and neighboring trades have been halted.
    Nonetheless, they are branded as a clone and indolence. Rizal's detractors did not consider this
    evidence and maintained that Rizal's portrayal was incorrect and insignificant. The Morga annotations
    provided the seeds of the idea of how the Filipinos should view themselves amidst a growing nationalism
    that eventually led to the formation of a nation. Rizal was not content with writing books to rouse his
    countrymen in a literary, political, and polemic manner and to mobilize them for the fight for their rights. But
    he dug into classical literature to use their writings for his objectives. Thus, he came upon the Sucesos de las
    Islas Filipinas (Events in the Philippine Islands) with regards to its author, Dr. Antonio de Morga. Rizal's
    intention of publishing the "Morga" anew and adding to it lengthy annotations was clear. He wanted to
    prove by means of a reputable work, that the people of the Philippines did possess a high level of culture and
    morality before the arrival of the Spaniards and did develop a flourishing trade and did maintain a good
    contact with the outside world.

    2. How did Rizal envision the pre-colonial Filipinos? Why?


    Rizal was able to imagine pre-colonial Filipinos through observations and fact-finding. Rizal
    made some rather interesting observations, which Syed Hussein Alatas thought were the first
    sociological treatment of the theme. Rizal noted that the miseries of a nation without rights
    should be attributed to their rulers rather than the people themselves. To counter the colonialist
    view of Filipino indolence, Rizal turned to pre-colonial history. Rizal understood in Spanish colonial
    discourse, the Filipinos' backwardness was blamed on their indolence. Filipinos, according to the
    Spaniards, had a disdain for jobs. However, Filipinos' reluctance to cultivate land under feudal
    overseers was interpreted by meaning and understood as the product of laziness, which was
    inherent in Filipino existence. Rizal maintained that Filipinos were not innately lazy. Furthermore,
    indolence was not to be regarded as a cause of backwardness. Instead, it was colonial society's
    exploitative circumstances that culminated in indolence. There are three broad dimensions of Rizal's
    writings on the Philippines. First, the early Filipinos already had culture on their own, even before the
    advent of Spain. Second, the early Filipinos were exploited, demoralized, decimated, and eventually ruined
    by Spain, speeding up their conquest. Finally, the Philippines during Rizal's time wasn't as flourishing
    compared to its pre- colonial past. The facts proved that pre-colonial Filipino society was relatively
    advanced, suggesting that the presumed backwardness was due to colonialism.

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