Philippine Historiography
Philippine Historiography
Philippine Historiography
For example: Historians needs an assistance of a Geologist to determine how old a rock that they
found around 1000 feet above sea level.
“Tripartite” view on which they concluded that our nation has 3 aspects in history.
1. Age of prosperity- natives have their freedom in trade, religion, law and communication
even before colonialism.
2. Age of Darkness- Spanish arrival limits the natives to practice their freedoms that causes the
natives to be ruled by a dictatorial state not of a friendship as they proposed back in 1521
Sanduguan.
3. Age of Enlightenment- the age on which the Pilipino people are awaken by this
manipulation and abuse that colonizers do their ancestors.
- KNOWN ILUSTRADOS ARE: 1. Dr. Rizal, 2. Marcelo H. Del Pilar, 3. Graciano Lopez Jaena and
4. Juan Luna
Americans, on the other hand gave us the importance that Spain never majorize to Pilipino.
3. Reynaldo Ileto- author of Pasyon and Revolution Popular Movements in the Philippine
history, 1840-1910. He uses the “Pasyon” to meditate our history with the inspiration of
religious movement that started the revolution that started the freedom of the slaves of
colonialism.
4. Amado Guerrero- also known as Jose Maria Sison, author of Philippine Society and
Revolution. he also adopted The Marxism philosophy on his interpretation of our history.
He lived during the Martial Law era
(1972-1981). He views our history base on the reliability of socio-ecomic and political life,
and base on different social classes of the Philippines that caused various struggles;
he also adopted The Marxism philosophy on his interpretation of our history.
He lived during the Martial Law era
(1972-1981). He views our history base on the reliability of socio-ecomic and political life,
and base on different social classes of the Philippines that caused various struggles;
5. Zeus Salazar- author of Pantayong Pananaw and Bagong Kasaysayan on the mid 70’s. Also, a
member of UP Dept. of History.
~ He is a nationalist. His philosophy states that we know now as History as a Social Science
scholarship tradition. He also strongly in the use of our own language in interpreting,
teaching, and using of our own language for it. He also contradicts the belief that we,
Pilipino people will not exist without the foreign attribution.
The first three mentioned Historians do publish their books, studies, or documents in English
text for a universal understanding, but Salazar published his using our own language-
Tagalog and some native languages.
The key point of his Pantayong Pananaw book is the contradiction of foreign interpretation
to us. On a popular quote this means “Kami ito, ganto kami”
The Pangkaming pananaw points out that our own history is originally the intention for us,
the Pilipino people.
Pansilang pananaw, on the other hand are for the colonizers view on us on which we are the
antagonist in our own history. They have their interpretation for their good image in
publicity and/or political aspect.
- The Pantayong Pananaw concept of Salazar intended to bring back the kasaysayan- the one who
have the sense for us, the protagonist of our history. Pantayong Pananaw and Bagong
Kasaysayan embody the most radical and ambitious approach to our national and very own
history and our Historiography.