Veneration without Understanding by Renato Constantino Basically‚ this article is just about how Renato Constantino wants the readers to analyze the real story behind Rizal being our national hero‚ the aspects that contributed to such recognition‚ his condemnation of the revolution‚ and other factors that we failed to talk about over the years because they were not in our history books. Rizal‚ being our national hero‚ used writing to fight to gain our freedom from the Spaniards unlike Andres
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Evaluation of the Group Renato Constantino‚ wrote the Veneration without Understanding for him to convince Filipinos having doubts on Rizal being the national hero. At the very beginning‚ he immediately compared the Philippine hero to many nations in which he explained their heroes were leaders of the revolution and ours was adjacent to such revolution: Washington – United States‚ Lenin – Soviet Union‚ Bolivar – Latin America‚ and others. In fact‚ he described Rizal as repudiation towards Bonifacio
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Reflections on the Veneration Without Understanding Rizal should not be the national hero of the Philippines. This was Renato Constantino’s thesis in his 1969 work. He reasons out that though Rizal’s greatness is unquestionable‚ but his nationalistic interests are doubtful. According to Constantino‚ Rizal’s repudiation of the revolution has been glossed over in the history books and should therefore constitute as unnationationalist behaviour by the national hero. He further points out that Rizal’s
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VENERATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING & WHO MADE RIZAL OUR FOREMOST NATIONAL HERO - Renato Constantino‚ Esteban De Ocampo Veneration without Understanding‚ written by Renato Constantino‚ was made in order to convince the Filipinos who have doubts how and why Rizal is considered the national hero. Constantino compared the Philippine hero to many nations in which he explained their heroes were leaders of the revolution and ours was adjacent to such revolution: Washington – United States‚ Lenin –Soviet
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are today. We have been honed for so long a time and still are being molded in this present generation. This study is important in order to awaken the Filipinos of today on whether or not the Philippine national hero should be called as such. Renato Constantino wrote in his article‚ “Veneration Without Understanding‚” that 1) Rizal denied the revolution-- stressing primacy of education and his general regard to the revolution is not as high as expected 2) he was an American- sponsored hero and 3) was
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“Veneration without Understanding” Veneration without understanding by Renato Constantino‚ the article that I have read regarding to our national hero Dr. Jose Rizal is very meaningful and essential not only for us students but also for all the Filipino citizens. It is because as a Filipino‚ his ideologies have contributed a great influence in all of us as we grow up not only for us individuals but also in the society. This article offers a perspective that many of us don’t know. It is suitable
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Jose Rizal and the Revolution: Revisiting Renato Constantino’s “Veneration without Understanding” By Chris Antonette Piedad-Pugay When we open the pages of history books in the Philippines‚ it is not surprising to see texts about the martyrdom of our most celebrated hero-- Dr. Jose Rizal. In fact‚ it seems that his name already occupied a permanent and prominent place in every publication that has something to say about the Philippines. Truthfully‚ there is nothing wrong about immortalizing
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betterment and those of his children and grandchildren. Below is an excellent article‚ quite dated but still extremely relevant‚ written in 1984 by Leticia Constantino (wife of the great Filipino nationalist of recent history - the late Prof. Renato Constantino). In the Foreword to her book from which I extracted the article‚ Mrs. Constantino wrote that while her husband’s tasks were to analyze Philippine Education Today and other impediments to realizing Filipino Nationalism‚ her task was to answer
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revolutionary way but by unravelling the skeletons in the colonizers closet through his works and writings. Though he died in the hands of the colonizers‚ he fought the bloodless way and sparked the spirit of nationalism of the Filipino as an individual. Renato Constantino’s essay‚ “Veneration without Understanding” is not one those articles about Dr. Rizal which we typically see in our grade school history books. It is a much more intricate analysis behind the life of Rizal and his being a hero‚ the factors
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