2. On Historiography a. How did Zeus Salazar differentiate the Western definition and our “indigenous” perception of what history or kasaysayan is? ANSWER: “Magkaiba ang kasaysayan, na binigyang-diin ng saysay, at historya, na nakatuon naman sa pagsisisyasat.” Salazar defined “history” in Tagalog as different from the Western definition, which referred to knowledge, to the search of information or to what happened in the past. He defined ‘kasaysayan’ in our “indigenous” perception. It came from
Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction African literature has tended to reflect the cultural and political phases of the continent because African fiction has been very much influenced by culture and politics. Beginning from the colonial days, African fiction spans the succession of cultural clashes and political crises which have beset the continent. For the countries in Africa, the experience of colonialism plays an important role in the process of understanding their history. Postcolonial studies
cultural designs. The code of conduct, moral value and education standards are the designed by the ruling classes and followed by the rest, both in social and global scenario. This social and cultural scenario dictates each group or its subordinate societies to what should be its behavior. Each and every institutions (social, cultural, political and economic) it prescribes its practices too. But often in the history of mankind, we have read and seen that the western world have succeeded in achieving
etc were often used to characterize education in Vedic period. Education was regarded as the source of light and the uneducated person as an ignorant beast. The other objectives of Vedic education in ancient India were worship of God, a feeling of religion, formation of character, fulfillment of public and civic duties, and the protection and propagation of national culture. Fire sacrifices, fasting and taking vows became part of