The Philippines: A Past Revisited by Renato Constantino and Letizia Roxas Constantino is featured in the September 2025 print edition of The Rolling Stone Philippines (Arts & Culture Issue), coinciding with the book’s 50th anniversary.

First published in 1975, the volume has been described as “a landmark text in Philippine historiography”, one that “moves beyond colonial narratives” and “foregrounds the struggles of ordinary Filipinos.” Through its framing of history as “a usable past,” it continues to serve as a critical resource for understanding the present through the lens of the past.

This feature precedes the book’s presentation at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2025, where the Philippines is Guest of Honor. The international stage offers an important platform for revisiting the Constantinos’ contribution to historical scholarship and for situating Philippine history within broader global conversations on memory, nationhood, and cultural identity.

Fifty years after its publication, A Past Revisited endures as a key reference in Philippine studies and a touchstone for critical engagement with the national past.

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