Open AccessIDENTITAS AGAMA, RUANG PUBLIK DAN POST-SEKULARISME: PERSPEKTIF DISKURSUS JURGEN HABERMAS
Author(s) -
Irfan Noor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jurnal ilmiah ilmu ushuluddin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2549-3752
pISSN - 1412-5188
DOI - 10.18592/jiu.v11i1.733
Subject(s) - public sphere , secularism , sociology , faith , context (archaeology) , nationality , gender studies , identity (music) , epistemology , politics , religious studies , aesthetics , political science , law , philosophy , immigration , paleontology , biology
The politic of identity based on religion is still a major issue of Indonesian nationality.One such issue is the validity of a religious groups involvement in the national publicpolicy in Indonesia.In this context, the theory of Jurgen Habermass discourse and itsrelation to his view of post-secularism was very relevant to discuss. For Habermas, theneutrality of the public sphere does not mean that a vacuum of religion. In the name ofdemocracy, religious positions should be placed in parallel with the formation of otherpolitical opinions and aspirations. Functional differentiation in modern society leadingto the individualization of religion does not necessarily imply loss of influence andrelevance of religion in the public sphere. Nevertheless, of course, the involvement ofreligion in the public sphere still has limits, that the religious language of particularreligion must be translated into the language first that being accepted by the public,which has epistemic status that can be accepted by the other residents. Such alignmentis called postsekular people, where every citizen has the right faith with the bond ofcommunication with each other.