000			02014nam a2200217Ia 4500
008			231002s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020			_a9789715420976
040			_cHuman Rights Violations Victims' Memorial Commission
050			_aDS 678
100			_aAgoncillo, Teodoro A.
245		4	_aThe revolt of the masses : _bthe story of Bonifacio and the Katipunan
250			_a2nd edition (2002 edition)
260			_bQuezon City _cUniversity of the Philippines Press
300			_bxxiii, 371 pages;
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aTeodoro Agoncilloʼs classic work on Andres Bonifacio and the Katipunan revolt of 1896 is framed by the tumultuous events of the 1940s such as the Japanese occupation, nominal independence in 1943, Liberation, independence from the United States, and the onset of the Cold War. Was independence in 1946 really a culmination of the revolution of 1896? Was the revolution spearheaded by the Communist-led Huk movement legitimate? Agoncilloʼs book was written in 1947 in order to hook the present onto the past. The 1890s themes of exploitation and betrayal by the propertied class, the rise of a plebeian leader, and the revolt of the masses against Spain, are implicitly being played out in the late 1940s. The politics of hooking the present onto past events and heroic figures led to the prize-winning manuscriptʼs suppression from 1948 to 1955. Finally seeing print in 1956, it provided a novel and timely reading of Bonifacio at a time when Rizalʼs legacy was being debated in the Senate and as the Church hierarchy, priests, intellectuals, students, and even general public were getting caught up in heated controversies over national heroes. The circumstances of how Agoncilloʼs work came to the attention of the author in the 1960s are also discussed.
650			_aBonifacio, Andres, 1863-1897
650			_aBonifacio, Andres, 1863-1897 -- Patriotism
650			_aHeroes -- Philippines -- Biography
942			_2lcc _cFIL
999			_c1561 _d1561