The Marcos monument: Revisited

Authors

Pearlie Rose S. Baluyut

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Literature, Department of

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Asian Culture

Volume

17

First Page

50

Last Page

76

Publication Date

1995

Abstract

Mortals see immortality as life's goal. Ferdinand E. Marcos saw it only as a means. The Marcos Monument is his personal tribute to his pursuit of immortality, legitimacy, and identity. While it is a monument to remember the present-his leap from presidency to monarchy and to god-hood, it is also a monument built to forget the past-his birth. The coalescing of these aims makes the Marcos Monument a quintessential marker in the history of memory of the Filipinos.

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Recommended Citation

Baluyut, P. S. (1995). The Marcos monument: Revisited. Journal of Asian Culture, 17, 50-76. Retrieved from https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11939

Disciplines

Political Science

Keywords

Marcos, Ferdinand E. (Ferdinand Edralin), 1917-1989; Monuments--Philippines

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