Escape from the Cold War Mindset to Set Up a Post-Cold War History of Philosophy

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in">In the pre-Independence era, our republic founders held the Cold War mindset strongly. Consequently, the Indonesian republic proclaimed in 1945 was based on a Cold War mindset; our state philosophy (<i>Pancasila</i>...

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Main Author: Ferry Hidayat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UGM Digital Press 2023-03-01
Series:Digital Press Social Sciences and Humanities
Online Access:https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/438
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description <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in">In the pre-Independence era, our republic founders held the Cold War mindset strongly. Consequently, the Indonesian republic proclaimed in 1945 was based on a Cold War mindset; our state philosophy (<i>Pancasila</i>) and the Constitution (<i>UUD '45</i>) were understood and construed on the Cold War discourse basis; and binary oppositions of capitalism-socialism and liberalism-communism since then have been created. Up to the 2020s, the Cold War mindset has still been held by public intellectuals and the binary oppositions have still been rampant in intellectual discourses. If the mindset were still held for three decades to come, it would cause a setback to the development of Indonesian philosophy history. This article is a call to stop and an invitation to escape from the retrogressive mindset. As a call, the article exposes first the evil root of the Cold War mindset as well as the philosophical critique towards it. Then, as an invitation, it suggests three realistic alternative mindsets to replace the Cold War mindset, i.e. post-Cold War capitalistic mindset, deconstructive mindset, and utopian mindset, which are called herein as three growth scenarios. It is believed that, if the three generating scenarios are followed, they will move Indonesian philosophy history forward, and its ongoing development will not hinder or retard<span lang="IN">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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spelling doaj.art-549cdde033ab4dba9cc69c15aafb94112023-03-29T01:57:02ZengUGM Digital PressDigital Press Social Sciences and Humanities2654-94332023-03-0190000610.29037/digitalpress.49438Escape from the Cold War Mindset to Set Up a Post-Cold War History of PhilosophyFerry Hidayat<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:0in">In the pre-Independence era, our republic founders held the Cold War mindset strongly. Consequently, the Indonesian republic proclaimed in 1945 was based on a Cold War mindset; our state philosophy (<i>Pancasila</i>) and the Constitution (<i>UUD '45</i>) were understood and construed on the Cold War discourse basis; and binary oppositions of capitalism-socialism and liberalism-communism since then have been created. Up to the 2020s, the Cold War mindset has still been held by public intellectuals and the binary oppositions have still been rampant in intellectual discourses. If the mindset were still held for three decades to come, it would cause a setback to the development of Indonesian philosophy history. This article is a call to stop and an invitation to escape from the retrogressive mindset. As a call, the article exposes first the evil root of the Cold War mindset as well as the philosophical critique towards it. Then, as an invitation, it suggests three realistic alternative mindsets to replace the Cold War mindset, i.e. post-Cold War capitalistic mindset, deconstructive mindset, and utopian mindset, which are called herein as three growth scenarios. It is believed that, if the three generating scenarios are followed, they will move Indonesian philosophy history forward, and its ongoing development will not hinder or retard<span lang="IN">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/438
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