Western Perception

Zeus Salazar differentiated the western definition of history and our “indigenous” perception of what history or kasaysayan is by looking at their own distinct etymology and comparing whether the meaning of the term with regards to where it is derived is with the same meaning or not. And with this comparison, he found out that the two are not likely the same. He discovered that in western definition, history means knowledge or to acquire knowledge. While when he looked at it in the “indigenous” perception, history or kasaysayan have two meanings which are ‘story’ and ‘relevant/significant’ from the root word saysay. In other words kasaysayan in our perception is a story with a significance or sense and not to acquire knowledge which is how the western view it. Western view history as sequential events while Indigenous people view it as cyclical.

As what I have understood, the bipartite approach is used by the Español or Spanish colonizers to view the Philippine History. It is where they believe that there are only two periods in Philippine history, the pre-colonial and the colonial period. While the tripartite, on the other hand, it contrasts the notion of the bipartite view of the Español. It compares the different views of the triumvirate, namely, Graciano

Then he strongly pushes the idea that revolution is the only way that the Filipino could have their liberty. And that they need to be in conflicts, shed some tears, bathe in blood before they could attain freedom. If they can successfully attain freedom through conflict with the colonizer, the other great nations would not dare to take over a place the Spaniards cannot even hold or control. And that letting the country to be under the Spanish rule would be a bad idea for we should aim higher by developing