Philippine Society and Revolution
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| Author | Amado Guerrero |
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| Original title | Lipunan at Rebolusyong Pilipino |
| Publication year | 1970 |
| Subject | Application of Marxist–Leninist theory in Philippine society and History |
| Media type | Book |
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A library version of Philippine Society and Revolution is available. |
Philippine Society and Revolution[a] is a book written by then chairman and founding member of the refounded Communist Party of the Philippines, Jose Maria Sison, under his nom de guerre Amado Guerrero. As one of the most important documents of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the legal and illegal mass struggles for National Democracy, it aims to apply Marxist Leninist theory, in line with Mao Zedong Thought, to the specific and contemporary economic and social conditions of the Philippines and identifies the three major problems facing the Filipino people as feudalism, imperialism, and bureaucrat capitalism. A short course called the Short Course on Philippine Society and Revolution (Maikling Kurso sa Lipunan at Rebolusyong Pilipino, MKLRP) was made for progressive activists by National Democratic School (Pambansang Demokratikong Paaralan, PADEPA); with its fourth edition published in 2019 to keep up with modern issues.
Summary
Chapter 1: A Review of Philippine History
The Philippines is a materially rich country with more than 7,000 islands
Chapter 2: Basic Problems of the Filipino People
In the second chapter, Sison clarifies the three pressing problems of the Filipino people
Chapter 3: People's Democratic Revolution
Criticisms
Filemon Lagman, a rejectionist who left the Communist Party of the Philippines after the Second Great Rectification Movement, has criticized the book through his counter-theses written in 1994, he questioned the notion that the Philippines was a semi-feudal society, but a developing capitalist system similar to the
Notes
- ↑ Filipino: Lipunan at Rebolusyong Pilipino.