Laon-laan : a guide for the study and understanding of the life and contributions of Jose Rizal to Philippine nationhood and society / Augusto V. de Viana

Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1 : The Rizal law and society's response -- Chapter 2 : Literature, its uses and effects -- Chapter 3 : Rizal and nationalism creating an imagined community -- Chapter 4 : Rizal as viewed by the common people : popular nationalism -- Chapter 5 : Examining Rizal's historical and social context -- Chapter 6 : Rizal and the Chinese connection -- Chapter 7 : Land ownership and the rise of Friar lands -- Chapter 8 : Cracks within the catholic church and the Cavite mutiny -- Chapter 9 : The Historical context of Rizal's education -- Chapter 10 : Rizal in Europe : the beginning of the propaganda movement -- Chapter 11 : The Noli Me Tangere : its historical context -- Chapter 12 : Evaluating the main characters of the Noli Me Tangere -- Chapter 13 : Rizal's search for the precolonial past and ilustrado view of themselves -- Chapter 14 : Rizal's use of the precolonial past -- Chapter 15 : Rizal anf the origin of the Filipino race -- Chapter 16 : The El Filibusterismo and Rizal's abandonment of assimilation -- Chapter 17 : The Contribution of the Noli and Fili to the national consciosness -- Chapter 18 : Rizal's politico-historical essays -- Chapter 19 : Rizal's other novels -- Chapter 20 : Rizal's changing phases through his poetry -- Chapter 21 : Rizal and colonial justice -- Chapter 22 : The Importance of biography to national history -- Chapter 23 : Rizal beyond the classroom -- Chapter 24 : Rizal in the pantheon of national heroes.

For this book, this volume is a study of the life and labors of Rizal. It places Rizal in the context of history among his contemporaries, both heroes and villains. By placing Rizal in the historical context it largely explains the why's of his life. Also answering the why's of Rizal is a philosiphical inquiry which explains his acts. A third approach of sociological nature, places Rizal in the society of his centruy which explains the "how" questions on his life.