The function of Filipino nationalism has to do with the leaders and people's sentiments and consciousness, their goals and aspirations, and the actual policies and actions concerning the development of the Filipino nation, state, and patrimony. In practice, nationalism - whose avowed end is the pursuit of the national interest and welfare and the common good - is part of the continuing struggle for the control and exercise of power. His essay traces the changing aspects of Filipino nationalism in relation to the imperatives of national survival and global interdependence