![]() At the same time, Rizal showed in these works how some Filipinos were complicit in the colonial enterprise: from middle-class professionals who remained silent in the face of wrongdoings to ostensibly religious churchgoers who perpetuated repressive social structures. These novels were scathing critiques of friar domination and corrupt governance. Manila (CNN Philippines Life) - José Rizal’s “Noli me Tangere” and “El Filibusterismo” depicted the most important social ills that gripped Philippine society under Spanish colonial rule. The opinions in this piece are the author’s. ![]() ![]() ![]() He teaches Rizal and the Emergence of the Philippine Nation, Philippine History, and Philosophy of History, among others. Pante is an assistant professor at the Department of History at Ateneo de Manila University. ![]()
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