Jose Rizal Liberalism and the Paradox of Coloniality /

• Main Author: Claudio, Lisandro E. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Global Political Thinkers
• Subjects: International relations.; Asia-Politics and government.; World politics.; Economic development.; Political leadership.; Literature .; International Relations Theory.; Asian Politics.; Political History.; Development and Post-Colonialism.; Political Leadership.; Postcolonial/World Literature.

The global history of liberalism has paid too much attention to the West, neglecting the contributions of liberals from colonial nations. This book mines the thought of Filipino propagandist and novelist, Jose Rizal, to present a vision of liberalism for the colonized. It is both an introduction to...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Creolism and the Liberal Nineteenth Century
• Chapter 2: Pain and the Purification of Liberty
• Chapter 3: Noli Me Tangere and the Failure of Transplanted Liberalism
• Chapter 4: The Solution of the Enigma in El Filibusterismo
• Chapter 5: Conclusion: Resurrecting Plants.