Ideological Framework

The Ideological Framework Economic prosperity spawned discontent when the native beneficiaries apothegm a new world of affluence opening for themselves and their crime syndicate. They attained a new intellect and hence, a new goal that of equality with the peninsulares non in the abstract, but in practical economic and political terms. Hispanization became the conscious manifestation of economic struggle, of the desire to substantiveize the potentialities offered by the period of involution and progress.Hispanization and assimilation constituted the ideological expression of the economic motivations of affluent indios and mestizos. par with the Spaniard meant equality of opportunity. But they did not realize as yet that real equality must be based on case freedom and independence. The were still in the initial phases of nationalist consciousness a consciousness made possible by the market situation of the while. The lordly mendicant who had been partly responsible for the isolation of the islands became the target of attacks.Anti-clericalism became the ideological style of the period. p. 134 These thence were the salient economic and ideological features of Rizals time. A true historical palingenesis would prove that great men are those who read the time and feel a deeper understanding of reality. It is their insights that make them conversant with their periods and which enable them to articulate the ask of the people. To a large extent, Rizal, the ilustrado, fulfilled this function, for in voicing the goals of his class he had to include the aspirations of the entire people.Though the levels of this class were control to reformist measures, he expressed its demands in terms of human liberty and human haughtiness and thus encompassed the wider aspirations of all the people. This is not to say that he was conscious that these were class goals rather, that typical of his class, he equated class interest with peoples welfare. He did this in effectual faith, unaware of any basic contradictions between the two. He was the product of his nine and as such(prenominal) could be expected to voice only those aims that were inwardly the competence of his class.Moreover, social contradictions had not ripened sufficiently in his time to reveal clearly the essential disparateness between class and national goals. Neither could he have transcended his class limitations, for his cultural upbringing was such that affection for Spain and Spanish civilization precluded the idea of breaking the chains of colonialism. He had to become a Spaniard first before becoming a Filipino. 8 As a social commentator, as the exposer of oppression, he performed a remarkable task.His literary productions were part of the tradition of protest which blossomed into revolution, into a separatist movement. His original aim of elevating the indio to the level of Hispanization of the peninsular so that the country could be assimilated, could become a prov ince of Spain, was transformed into its opposite. Instead of making the Filipinos closer to Spain, the propaganda gave root to separation. The train for Hispanization was transformed into the development of a distinct national consciousness. Rizal contributed much to the ontogeny of this national consciousness.It was a contribution not only in terms of propaganda but in something positive that the present generation of Filipinos will owe to him and for which they will honor him by completing the task which he so nobly began. He may have had a different and limited goal at the time, a goal that for us is already passe, something we beget for granted. However, for p. 135 his time this limited goal was already a big gait in the right direction. This contribution was in the realm of Filipino nationhood the pleasing of our name as a race, the recognition of our people as one, and the bringing up of the indio into Filipino.