Описание: While serving on the staff of the first United States Commission to the Philippine Islands my attention was called to the life and writings of Dr. Jos Rizal. I found in his novel, "Noli Me Tangere," the best picture of the life of the people of those islands under Spanish rule, and the clearest exposition of the governmental problems which Spain failed to solve, and with which our own people must deal. It occurred to me that an English translation of Rizal's work would be of great value at the present time. My first intention was to reproduce the entire novel as it was written, but, after careful consideration, I thought best to abridge the story by the omission of some parts which did not seem essential to the main purpose of the work. The present volume is the result. Readers should not understand any of Rizal's references to priests and friars as reflections upon the Roman Catholic Church. He was throughout his life an ardent Catholic, and died a firm adherent of the Church. But he objected to the religious orders in the Philippine Islands, because he knew well that they were more zealous in furthering their own selfish ends than in seeking the advancement of Christianity. From experience, Dr. Rizal knew that the friars, under cloak of the gospel ministry, oppressed his fellow countrymen, and took advantage of their superstition and ignorance. These wrongs he was brave enough to expose in his writings. In the friars he saw an obstacle to the education and enlightenment of the Filipino people, and, using moderate means, he did his utmost to secure reform. His writings will explain to us the cause of the hatred shown by the Filipinos toward the religious corporations, and will make clearer the nature of one of the present problems in the Philippines. There are in the Philippines five religious orders: the Dominicans, Franciscans, Recoletos, Augustines and Jesuits. According to John Foreman, an eminent authority, the members of all of these, except the last named, come from the lower classes in Spain, and are on the whole comparatively ignorant and uncultured. Under the Spanish system of government certain provinces were assigned to each of the orders-except the Jesuits-and the friars were distributed among the different parishes. In the town assigned to him the friar had much authority. He was chief adviser in all civil affairs, and, by his influence over the superstitious natives, maintained absolute control in all matters pertaining to the local government as well as to the local church. So firm was his hold that he led the Spanish government to believe that the islands could not be ruled without his aid. Knowing that his power rested on the ignorance of the people he discouraged education among them. When native Filipinos advanced so far as to prove an obstacle to the religious orders, as did Rizal and many others, the friars sought to destroy them. Forgetting their holy mission, the religious orders became commercial corporations, amassed enormous wealth, and gained possession of the most valuable parts of the islands, though to much of this property the titles are not clear. From my own observation, and from information derived from the Spaniards themselves, I am convinced that the author has not overdrawn his pictures. In fact I have learned of instances where the oppression and practices of the friars were even worse than those described. Dr. Rizal has given us a portrayal of the Filipino character from the viewpoint of the most advanced Filipino. He brings out many facts that are pertinent to present-day questions, showing especially the Malayan ideas of vengeance, which will put great difficulties in the way of the pacifying of the islands by our forces. The reader will not fail to notice the striking similarity between the life of Ibarra, the hero, and that of Rizal, the author, a short sketch of whose career has been given in the following pages. (snipped) F. E. G.
Автор: Farmer Philip Jose Название: The Philip Josй Farmer Centennial Collection ISBN: 1945427116 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945427114 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4828.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Farmer Philip Jose Название: The Philip Josй Farmer Centennial Collection ISBN: 1945427124 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781945427121 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6897.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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To mark Philip Jos Farmer's 100th Birthday, Meteor House is proud to present a mammoth collection worthy of the Grand Master. With over fifty pieces spanning seven decades, The Philip Jos Farmer Centennial Collection goes far beyond the typical "best of" anthology by including classic science fiction, poems, articles, tributes, speeches, and more, all from Farmer's magic pen.
This mammoth collection boasts an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale, a foreword by Tracy Knight, and a bibliography by Zacharias L.A. Nuninga, while each decade features a synopsis of the Grand Master's life and career.
At well over 900 pages, this collection is a must for all science fiction fans and historians, and is available in trade paperback and hardcover, featuring two covers by Mark Wheatley.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale Foreword by Tracy Knight
The 1940s Bradley Brave Sees New York O'Brien and Obrenov Imagination
The 1950s The Lovers Sail On Sail On Sestina of the Space Rocket Mother Lovers and Otherwise Attitudes Totem and Taboo The Tin Woodman Slams the Door
The 1960s On a Mountain Upside Down Uproar in Acheron The King of the Beasts Riverworld The Blind Rowers Riders of the Purple Wage The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod My Father the Ripper (an excerpt from A Feast Unknown) Kickaha's Escape (an excerpt from A Private Cosmos) The Jos s From Rio
The 1970s Only Who Can Make a Tree The Sliced-Crosswise-Only-On-Tuesday World An Exclusive Interview with Lord Greystoke Sketches Among The Ruins of My Mind After King Kong Fell Writing Doc's Biography Sherlock Holmes & Sufism The Problem of the Sore Bridge--Among Others To the Wizard of Sci-Fi A Fimbulwinter Introduction Osiris on Crutches Phonemics The Last Rise of Nick Adams The Freshman Creating Artificial Worlds
The 1980s The Making of Revelation, Part 1 Buddha Contemplates His Novel The Long Wet Dream of Rip van Winkle The Man Who Came for Christmas Plane Talking (an excerpt from A Barnstormer in Oz) The Peoria-Colored Writer Memoir Why and How I Became Kilgore Trout St. Francis Kisses His Ass Goodbye
The 1990s Evil, Be My Good Wolf, Iron, and Moth Why Do I Write? A Hole in Hell More than Most Casting Turtles (an excerpt from Nothing Burns in Hell)
The 2000s The Face That Launched a Thousand Eggs Keep Your Mouth Shut The Good of the Land The First Robot The Princess of Terra That Great Spanish Author, Ernesto The Terminalization of J. G. Ballard The Light-Hog Incident
Bibliography by Zacharias L.A. Nuninga
Автор: Lambert Josh Nathaniel, Lambert Joshua N. Название: Unclean Lips: Jews, Obscenity, and American Culture ISBN: 1479876437 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781479876433 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 5663.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Winner of the 2014 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award presented by the Association for Jewish Studies
Jews have played an integral role in the history of obscenity in America. For most of the 20th century, Jewish entrepreneurs and editors led the charge against obscenity laws. Jewish lawyers battled literary censorship even when their non-Jewish counterparts refused to do so, and they won court decisions in favor of texts including Ulysses, A Howl, Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and Tropic of Cancer. Jewish literary critics have provided some of the most influential courtroom testimony on behalf of freedom of expression. The anti-Semitic stereotype of the lascivious Jew has made many historians hesitant to draw a direct link between Jewishness and obscenity. In Unclean Lips, Josh Lambert addresses the Jewishness of participants in obscenity controversies in the U.S. directly, exploring the transformative roles played by a host of neglected figures in the development of modern and postmodern American culture. The diversity of American Jewry means that there is no single explanation for Jews' interventions in this field. Rejecting generalizations, this book offers case studies that pair cultural histories with close readings of both contested texts and trial transcripts to reveal the ways in which specific engagements with obscenity mattered to particular American Jews at discrete historical moments. Reading American culture from Theodore Dreiser and Henry Miller to Curb Your Enthusiasm and FCC v. Fox, Unclean Lips analyzes the variable historical and cultural factors that account for the central role Jews have played in the struggles over obscenity and censorship in the modern United States.
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