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Kamis, 18 Februari 2010

Hegel: Dialectical Culture, the Fading of Traditional Culture

Triadic form of dialectic Hegel that’s thesis-antithesis-synthesis comes from philosophers before Hegel. Antinomy Kantian about numena and phenomena make unfinished opposition. Then Fichte with his theory of knowledge method still emerge controversy even though he rather overstep what Kant explain.
In other side, Hegel dialectic concept also synthesizes subjective idealism type of Fichte’s philosophy and objective idealism type of Schelling’s philosophy. For Hegel, Fichte’s philosophy is named as ‘thesis’ and Schelling’s philosophy is named as ‘antithesis’. Whereas Hegel’s philosophy itself is named as synthesis of both, so the dialectic of Hegel’s philosophy consists of three phases, namely, thesis-antithesis-synthesis. Synthesis as the mediator of thesis and antithesis internally still contains the truth value from thesis and antithesis. The famous proposition which then makes Hegel become more popular is: “all real things are rational and all rational things are real.”
Dialectic is intended also as the thought method to acquire union (synthtesis) of two contradictive things (thesis vs antithesis). With the term aufgehoben, the concept of “being” (thesis), and “nothing” (antithesis) get their union form in the concept of “became” (synthesis). In “became” concept, there are “being” and “nothing” concept, so both of them are canceled or considered nonexistent.
For Hegel, contradictive element is not appearing after we reflect it, but it was exist in object itself. Each thesis has antithesis in its form. Antithesis is included in thesis because both of them idea which related with higher thing. Both are raised and abolished (aufgehoben) in synthesis.
There are three essential elements in Hegel’s dialectic. First, thinking is think inner of himself to himself and by himself. Second, dialectic is result of thought continually about contradiction. Third, the unity of certainty about contradiction is sublimed in unity. That’s the nature of dialectic itself.
When Islam come into Nusantara, many of scholars spread it through culture way. Some of them use local poems, building architecture and include wayang. The first man use wayang as missionary tool is Sunan Kalijaga. At the first time he use wayang golek (wayang/ doll that has three dimensions) as original Javanese culture. However Sunan Giri disagrees with him, because wayang golek is like idol and he afraid what Sunan Kalijogo did will be ally of God. In Islamic teaching (antithesis) make something that is rivaled His creature is forbidden. Finally, based on Sunan Giri advice, wayang is reformed into two dimensions, that’s called by wayang kulit (synthesis).
Along with the progressing time, wayang kulit became thesis because it’s faced by theatrical drama like ketropak and ludruk (antithesis). Then, appear the synthesis one in form of movie. This dialectic will go on never ending. Because while human feel not enough with something he will search and create something new to fulfill the less one, whereas human will not satisfied by what he did and always want get more.
The logical consequence from this dialectical culture is the older tradition/ culture will be faded and leaved. Whereas, in older tradition there are something we couldn’t get it in new tradition. Ironically, we don’t care with our original tradition as our identity. We always prefer the new tradition from foreign country and leave our origin identity tradition. We just aware of it after other people grabbed it from us. In fact, Hegel’s dialectic concept brings the negative effects when it’s applied in society culture.
So, our condition now, based on dialectic concept, we are facing modernity (antithesis) that is impinged by our identity (thesis). Or our modernity habit (thesis) is rammed by our original culture identity. Because everything could be both of them, depend on the point of our view. In the same meaning with what Hegel said contradiction is sublimed in unity. Let’s find the synthesis one of our problem cultures.

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