Spanish Patriotism Flashcards
the love of common liberty enabled citizens to see their private and particular interests as part of the common good and helped them to resist corruption and tyranny. To love the city is to be willing to sacrifice one’s own good— including one’s life— for the protection of common liberty.
Niccolò Machiavelli
Freedom is equated not with the fight against political oppression but with the preservation of a unique people and patriotic sacrifice with the desire to secure the long-term survival of the nation.
Johann Gottfried von Herder
emphasizes a unity of cultural past with language and heritage
based on love towards people with a greater emphasis on values and beliefs.
Nationalism
Patriotism
belonging to a specific place and way of life without a wish of pushing other people
Orwell
Refers to the loyalty and love for Spain as the colonizing power.
The Spanish authorities implemented various policies and cultural influences in the colonies,
Spanish patriotism
Their concerns were more immediate, focused on providing for their families and communities.
Patriotism in the Lense of Commoners
believed in the potential for positive change (reform) within the Spanish colonial system.
expressed their loyalty to Spain through cultural and literary means.
Patriotism in the Lense of Ilustrados
They believed in the civilizing mission of Spain and sought to “hispanize” the local population
Patriotism in the Lense of Spaniards
Rizal’s works (2)
exposeS the corruption, injustices, and oppressive practices of the Spanish friars and civil officials in the Philippines.
The novel delves deeper into themes of social inequality, exploitation, and the failure of the colonial government to address the grievances of the Filipino people. The character of Simoun represents Rizal’s dissatisfaction with the continued misrule.
“Noli Me Tangere” (Touch Me Not)
El Filibusterismo” (The Reign of Greed)
“In the town, where there was no competition, they increased the fees at will, and when any native, scandalized by their avarice, complained, they accused him of heresy.”
(Chapter 15: The Sacristan)
“Thus runs the world, Don Custodio, for the rich. And for the poor, this is the way it is: they run while they may, and those that are caught in the race pay!”
(Chapter 1: On the Upper Deck)
European educated Filipinos
Ilustrados
Full name of Jose Rizal
José Protacio Rizal
Mercado y Alonso Realonda