Introduction to Readings in Phil History

August 17-21, 2020

 HISTORY
a value-laden discipline that tells a
story of the past, usually significant
and true

Source:
https://gutenberg.edu/2001/02/the-importance-of-history/
 2 ELEMENTS OF HISTORY
(Crabtree)

A. Significance
•Determined by the historian or
writer
•Provides legitimacy to status quo
(existing social conditions)- official
history
Example:
The Roman Catholic Church
powerful during the Middle Ages
legitimized the monarchy by
promoting the Divine Right of
Kings.
 B. Truth
•Genuineness of facts; veracity of
information Example

•Objectivity of the writer is Pro Marcos historians

shaped by societal values and write the achievements of
worldviews
the Marcos regime while
opposition historians will
•Does not imply false history highlight the abuses in the
rather a possible distortion of
facts, not malicious or deliberate administration.
but because of writer’s
worldview
TYPES OF DATA SOURCES

A. Primary B. Secondary

- diaries, journals, - scholarly books and

memoirs, government articles
records, etc.
 Teodoro Agoncillo’s Phil History
Periodization
- emphasizes the evolution of the Filipino nation in critical periods
of its development.

Part 1 Pre-Colonial Phil / Pre- Hispanic

Part 2 The Spanish Period
Part 3 Reform and Revolution
Part 4 The American Period
Part 5 The War Years (The Japanese Occupation; Liberation Movement)
Part 6 The Third Republic (Post-War Problems; Huk Movement; Post-War
Economy; Foreign Policy and Political System; Martial Law Declaration)