Revolutionary spirit : Jose Rizal in Southeast Asia / John Nery ; with a foreword by F. Sionil Jose.
Like his great contemporaries Sun Yat-sen and Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Philippine patriot and polymath JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) helped write the history of freedom in Asia. His two subversive novels and an immortal last poem helped inspire the first nationalist revolution on the continent and led to th...
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| Other title: | Jose Rizal in Southeast Asia |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Singapore :
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies,
2011.
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| Summary: | Like his great contemporaries Sun Yat-sen and Mohandas K. Gandhi, the Philippine patriot and polymath JOSE RIZAL (1861-1896) helped write the history of freedom in Asia. His two subversive novels and an immortal last poem helped inspire the first nationalist revolution on the continent and led to the founding of the first Asian republic. But what was Rizal's impact on the nationalist awakening in Southeast Asia? REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT argues that by infusing a revolutionary spirit into the struggle to create a Philippine nation in the late 19th century, Rizal ended up invigorating Indonesian nat. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxx, 280 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-270) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789814345064 9814345067 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |