Paradigms of National Insights in The Post-Reformation Era: From Ontology to Epistemology

Abstract

The paradigm of nationalism focuses on the study of social sciences and humanities, which discusses issues of the state and nation in the modern era. The tradition of critical thinking about the nature of the state and nation has become the attention of thinkers about the state and nation in the last 20 years. The fundamental problem in this critical study of nationalism is to lay an ontological basis for states and nations that experience dualism. First, the ontology of the state rests on the people, which was formulated by the period of Plato and Aristotle. Second, the ontology of the state rests on power which renaissance thinkers around the 19th have composed to 20th century. In the Indonesian context, the tradition of critical thinking about the state and nation has focused more on instilling the values of the nation and the state since Indonesia's independence. This perspective becomes part of the subject of this research because the political process in understanding the life of the nation and state from time to time experiences dynamics and developments. This study aims to examine the tradition of critical thinking that developed in Indonesia through an empirical study approach to see the younger generation's perspective in understanding their nation and country in the post-reformation era. The purpose of this study is to gain a perspective on the ontological and epistemological basis of the national insight in question.