Project Gutenberg 2004-11-01 Public domain in the USA. 880 Rizal, José 1861 1896 Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, José Protasio Rizal, Jose Derbyshire, Charles E. The Indolence of the Filipino Reading ease score: 47.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Prepared by Jeroen Hellingman "The Indolence of the Filipino" by José Rizal is a critical essay written in the late 19th century, specifically during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines. As an impactful work of political and social commentary, it addresses the stereotype of Filipino indolence, arguing that this perceived laziness is a reflection of the oppressive conditions under colonial rule, rather than a natural trait of the Filipino people. Rizal's essay serves both as a defense of his countrymen and an indictment of colonial policies that stifled their potential. In this work, Rizal meticulously analyzes the historical and social factors contributing to the islands' economic stagnation and the resulting attitudes towards work among Filipinos. He highlights how environmental conditions, such as the tropical climate, along with the abuses of the colonial government and the oppressive social hierarchies, exacerbated a cycle of indolence rather than instigating it. Rizal argues that the indolence attributed to Filipinos arose from years of misgovernment, loss of hope, and a lack of self-esteem, rather than a lack of capability or ambition. Through a series of well-researched observations, he asserts that freeing the Filipino people from their colonial constraints could remedy the situation and enable them to reclaim productivity and dignity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Philippines -- Social conditions DS HN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 125561 125498 2024-10-03T11:12:32.310337 2023-10-03T09:53:39.836579 text/html text/html 125554 125491 2024-10-03T11:12:32.543365 2023-10-03T09:53:39.975578 text/html text/html 115452 2024-10-03T11:12:37.379335 application/epub+zip 115788 2024-10-03T11:12:34.505343 application/epub+zip 115788 2024-10-03T11:12:33.225361 application/epub+zip 240099 2024-10-03T11:12:39.416316 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 231152 2024-10-03T11:12:36.656345 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197720 2022-09-03T13:58:54.787043 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114419 114407 2024-10-03T11:12:32.052360 2023-10-03T09:53:39.674567 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 109445 2020-12-30T02:44:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 44359 2020-12-30T02:44:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19843 2024-10-03T11:12:39.608303 application/rdf+xml 14460 2024-10-03T11:12:33.853325 image/jpeg 3623 2024-10-03T11:12:33.540346 image/jpeg 113495 2024-10-03T11:12:32.556350 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia tl.wikipedia en.wikipedia