Liberalism and the Postcolony: Thinking the State in 20th Century Philippines

In this compelling and important book, Lisandro Claudio documents the influence of liberal intellectuals in imagining--and building--the Filipino nation. By celebrating the liberalism and cosmopolitanism of Camilo Osias, Salvador Araneta, Carlos P. Romulo, and S.P. Lopez, he butts heads with the "Diliman Consensus" and slays the fathers of nationalist historiography, Teodoro Agoncillo and Renato Constantino.