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Brains of the nation : Pedro Paterno, T.H. Pardo de Tavera, Isabelo de los Reyes and the production of modern knowledge

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Quezon City Ateneo de Manila University Press Description: xii, 565 pages : illustrationsISBN:
  • 9715504966
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DS 675.78
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. [www.ateneopress.org] Winner, Gintong Aklat Awards 2008, for Social Science.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Filipiniana Filipiniana HRVVMC Library Filipiniana Books Fil DS 675.78 M65 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available FIL-0000356

Includes bibliographical references 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. [www.ateneopress.org] Winner, Gintong Aklat Awards 2008, for Social Science.

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