What Made the Masses Revolutionary? Ignorance, Character, and Class in Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses
Regarded as a classic in Philippine historiography, Teodoro Agoncillo’s The Revolt of the Masses published in 1956 is examined to understand the author’s explanation of what made “the masses” revolutionary. The study finds a profound incoherence: Agoncillo posited literacy and political consciousnes...
Published in: | Philippine Studies: Historical and Ethnographic Viewpoints Vol. 68, no. 2 (Jun. 2020), 137-178 |
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