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Melintas An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion
ISSN : 08520089     EISSN : 24068098     DOI : https://doi.org/10.26593
The aim of this Journal is to promote a righteous approach to exploration, analysis, and research on philosophy, humanities, culture and anthropology, phenomenology, ethics, religious studies, philosophy of religion, and theology. The scope of this journal allows for philosophy, humanities, philosophy of culture and anthropology, phenomenological philosophy, epistemology, ethics, business ethics, philosophy of religion, religious studies, theology, dogmatic theology, systematic theology, theology of sacrament, moral theology, biblical theology, and pastoral theology.
Articles 788 Documents
A Sense of (Non)Place: Rethinking the ‘Generic City’ in terms of the Habit-body Budhyarto, Mitha
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.302.147-160

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A ‘nonplace’, in Marc Augé’s view, may be defined in contrast to what he refers to as ‘anthropological place’. It is a space which cannot be defined as relational, or historical or concerned with identity. This article explores the sense of (non)place by answering these questions: if it is true that ‘who’ we are is defined by ‘where’ we are, insinuating that places do have an important role in shaping our identities, then what do these nonplaces tell us about us? In places that lack any defining features and reflects little of the unique local geography in which they are in, can we still develop a sense of place? What is needed now is a shift from the initial prioritising of ‘cultural contexts’, to the ‘context of the embodied’, emplaced, individual subject, a context that precedes any cognitive framework. Bearing in mind this shift in focus to the body, a phenomenological analysis of nonplaces then becomes necessary. The experiential value of a place must be assessed according to a lived, embodied engagement with it. Rem Koolhas’ view of a kind of ‘generic city’ in which urban dwellers now live has worldwide reverberations. This paper argues that a phenomenological analysis that puts emphasis on the subjective, embodied lived experience is a necessary step to make. By focusing on the body, the strict categorisations that have led to the negative connotations to nonplaces begin to lose their rigidity. Keywords:*Nonplace, *space, *identity, *geography, *a sense of place, *experience, *environment, *context of the embodied, *habit-body, *flesh of the world, *generic city, *interaction, *surrounding
A Balthasarian ‘Ecclesiology’: Apprehending the Church with an Ecclesial Aesthetics Kristiatmo, Thomas
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.303.161-170

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Ecclesiology might have put the center of its gravity on the modern rationality. As a result, this kind of ecclesiology might overlook the mystical yet beautiful side of the church, which seem to have a more unifying character to the already divided church. This article wants to explore with Hans Urs von Balthasar’s theology of aesthetics the origin and the characteristics of the church from the people around Jesus, the event of the cross, the form of revelation, the Eucharist, the sacrament, and the way of love. This sort of an ecclesial aesthetics is one of the different ways of apprehending the church. This way might contribute to the traditional understanding of the church that has been characterized with modern logical concepts. Balthasar is offering the way of apprehending the church through the pulchrum toward the more unifying engagement with the mystery of God, the revelation of God through Jesus Christ. Keywords:*Ecclesiology, *rationality, *beauty, *mystical theology, *form of revelation, *the way of love, *ecclesial aesthetics, *bonumet verum
Negara dan Pasar: Globalisasi dan Dua Dasawarsa Seni Rupa Kontemporer Indonesia Hujatnika, Agung
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.304.171-186

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This paper analyses the changes in production’s pattens, distributions and consumptions of Indonesian contemporary art by way of comparing the regional and international art exhibitions participated by Indonesia during the last two decades (1990-2010). There were two dominant and different patterns in each decade. The development during the 90s showed the dominance of the state's role, notably Japan and Australia, through large-scale exhibitions with the support of government funding and infrastructure. However, Indonesian contemporary art later became more prominent among the non-government initiatives, especially through the market activities at the auction houses and art fair in Asia. By referring to cultural theories and globalisation process, this paper wants to show how the development of Indonesian contemporary art might have been related to the changes in the constellation of geo-political and geo-economic developments in Asia Pacific which lead to the triumph of neoliberalism. The growing popularity of international art fair involving commodities and capital in large quantities can be seen as an evidence of how the fine arts are increasingly following the pattern of trade and free markets. As an institution that previously was doing the 'validation' of art, public museum now 'competes' with the free market fundamentalism loaded with some elite’s interests. Keywords:*globalisation, *Indonesian contemporary art, *postmodernism, *geopolitics, *geo-economics, *artmarket, *neoliberalism, *regionalism, *art fair, *sociopolitical art
Pancasila sebagai Karya Estetis Bangsa Indonesia: Sebuah Refleksi Filosofis Doweng Bolo, Andreas
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.305.187-200

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Pancasila is the nation's art in Indonesia, that is, a masterpiece rooted in the values that have been grown in the society. Since it has been embedded in the society, the values it gives rise should be returned to the society. It is worthy to say that Pancasila is the substantial values of this nation, without which Indonesia will disperse. This value tracing is in fact not a finished work, but an ongoing process. Thus the language used to translate the values ought to be unique, communicative, and contextual. To the end that the language contextual, the learning of local cultural values is an important orientation since only with it Pancasila has a future in this nation. When Pancasila deters the values emerging from the local wisdom then something is definitely wrong there, for these values are the root of Pancasila. Pancasila enriches the local virtues and vice versa. Because Pancasila was formulated from the local virtues then it must also be returned using the local, contextual and hospitabe language. Dogmatic and unsocial language based on the Cartesian patterns that is used to put this ideology into practice needs to be recolored. In this paper, an aesthetic paradigm is reconsidered to make room for experiences. Pancasila should be approached in a language that grew out of the sense of awe. When we talk about awe, we talk about how to talk aesthetically. Being amazed by this spirit is a start to walk through the journey towards being Indonesia. Departing from this aesthetic paradigm, the author examines the spirits that already exist and grow in the societies. Keywords:*Aesthetics, *Pancasila, *experience, *aesthetic experience, *awe, *diversity, *local values, *contextual language, *aesthetic masterpiece, *familial and common experiences, *culturization
Insight - Kebalian dalam Ruang Kosmopolitan Wijaya, Putu
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.306.201-213

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Kebalian punya kans besar untuk menjadi kelengkapan yang mempesona ruang kosmopolitan. Eksotisme di dalam kebalian itu, bukan hanya pada keanehan karena keasliannya. Tetapi keindahan gerak batin, moralnya yang lentur dalam menyikapi berbagai keadaan yang kadang sudah kewalahan diantisipasi oleh masyarakat yang cenderung individualistik dan meninggalkan azas kekeluargaan. Bukan untuk mengatakan itulah yang lebih betul. Hanya sekedar menyuguhkan kemungkinan, yang akan membuat manusia kosmopolitan lebih kaya jurus, dalam menghadapi keserbanekaan dalam segala perubahan zaman  yang semakin lama semakin deras ini.
Film Reviews - "Manusia, Ilusi, dan Waktu" Bawono, Haryo Tejo
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.307.215-221

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Pertama, ini bukan sebuah film. Kedua, ini bukan sebuah film cerita. Ketiga, sinematografi dan mise-en-scéne karya ini seperti berdiri sendiri. Keempat, karya ini berada di luar wilayah emosi. Kelima, apapun nama untuk karya ini, teknik dan peralatan yang digunakan tidaklah up to date. Keenam, karya ini masuk dalam nominasi empat festival film internasional yang berbeda, dan diganjar Best Foreign Film di Toronto Film Critics Association Award dan “Palm D’Or” di Cannes (sutradara pertama asia tenggara yang pertama menerima piala prestigious ini). Benar, karya ini berada di dua pilihan ekstrem yang berbeda: atau sangat bagus atau sejenis sampah, atau sangat teramat disukai atau sangat teramat dibenci. Tidak ada dasar untuk berdiri ditengah.
Chronicles - August 2011 Tedjoworo, Hadrianus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 2 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i2.308.222-241

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'Chronicles' is a journal column of "MELINTAS" which contains information about the various events, congresses, conferences, symposia, necrologies, publications, and periodicals in the fields of philosophy and theology.
An Inquiry into the Relation between the Young Rawls's Theological Ethics and his Second Principle of Justice in the Later Works N. Limahekin, Antonius Bastian
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
Publisher : Faculty of Philosophy, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.309.1-30

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With regard to the connectedness of the political subject and its community, Rawls’s theory of justice has often been criticised by the thinkers whose thoughts are oriented towards community. Rawls was considered to have impoverished the political subject by treating it as floating individual, rooted out of its foundation in community. In the middle of the debate that was still going on around this matter, an edited version of the young Rawls’s thesis was published. Despite the fact that this did not help much in saving this philosopher from the criticism by the communitarian thinkers because of his final preference that leaned towards political conception, the ethical theological work at least showed that communitarian position was once chosen by Rawls. By reading and comparing and juxtaposing this work with his later works, we can see that Rawls, the proposer of justice as fairness, did not completely drop his younger thought on person and community. In other words, between the theological ethics of the Young Rawls and the justice theory of Rawls there is a continuity of thought. This can be sensed among other in his basic assumptions on the individual and the society, those he implies in his argument on the ‘difference principle’ and the ‘principle of equal opportunity’. Keywords :*person *personality *individual *community *society *difference principle *principle of equal opportunity *fairness *equality *equality in community *civic friendship *interpersonal*relationship *comprehensive doctrine 
Post-metaphysical Thinking: A Habermasian Perspective on the Critique of Traditional Metaphysics Seran, Alexander
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.310.31-46

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Immanuel Kant has been considered as one of the prominent philosophers that in a way put an end to metaphysics. Kant’s critique of metaphysics is directed towards the totalizing unity of mythological narratives, religious doctrines, and philosophical explanations. The basic concepts of narratives, religions, and philosophy had riled upon a syndrome of validity that dissolved with the emergence of expert cultures in science, morality, and law and with the autonomy of art. Today, philosophy could establish its own distinct criteria of validity under conditions of rationality in relation to science that is fallible. Habermas puts forward that philosophy after Kant can no longer be a metaphysics in the sense of “conclusive” and “totalizing” thinking. In his communication theory, Habermas develops a theory of philosophy that is not reducible to a simple totality but has social complexity as its ground that is a number of plural language games, different orders of power, different structures of politics constituting modern time. Habermas is thus concerned with developing a theory of philosophy in general as a discourse of social differentiation. Keywords:*paradigm shift *metaphysics *post-metaphysics *identity/totalizing thinking *situating reason *proceduralrationality *discourse ethics
Individuality and Shareability: An Exploration to the Nishida Kitaro’s Account of the Absolute Negation-qua-Affirmation Djunatan, Stefanus
MELINTAS An International Journal of Philosophy and Religion (MIJPR) Vol. 27 No. 1 (2011)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26593/mel.v27i1.311.47-60

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The internal justification of the individuality leads us to a tendency of a solipsistic self. This justification lacks a consideration to include external agent or the others as a part of recognition of the individuality of the self. The analytical approach argues that the reference of the external agent in utterance realizes the individuality of the speaking subject. This viewpoint of the significance of the external agent should be equipped with another approach. Nishida’s account of the principle of the absolute negation qua affirmation brings forth the argument that the individuality of the self realizes the nature of interconnectivity with the others. This interconnectivity then marks the shareability of individuals. This article yearns for a social system that allows the safeguarding of the individual and at once the upgrading of dialogical interactions between individuals for the benefit of ingenious construction of the world of reality. Keywords:*internal justification *solipsistic self *individuality *shareability *absolute negation qua affirmation *shareability of the self *continuity of discontinuity *public place *dialogical interactions