Kyai-Santri Relations in the Election of the Governor of East Java 2018 in Foucault And Habermas Perspective

DOI

10.2991/icskse-18.2019.30How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Kyai-Santri Relations, Election of Governor, Foucault, Habermas, Discourse

Abstract

The existence of kyai in NU's dynamics of voyage since its establishment occupies the most central position. As a religious and social organization the existence of NU and kyai in the course of the Indonesian nation has been in a position that cannot be negotiable, starting from its establishment, involved in the dynamics of independence, the formation of the foundations of the state, becoming a political party, back again to be a religious and civic organization to date. The anatomy of the NU movement did not only involve the kyai but over time also involved NU scholars and other elements of the nation. Santri, for example, as one of the elements of NU, also has a big contribution in this dynamic. Between kyai and santri based on existing beliefs have a structural and superstructural relationship. In the election of the governor of East Java 2018, this relationship is at its summit. The two pairs of candidates namely Saifullah Yusuf - Puti Guntur Soekarno and Khafifah Indar Parawansa - Emil Dardak, both have a power base NU. Group of kyai who support both candidate pairs alike have a basis of the santri’s vote. Santri in this case in accordance with the tradition of NU will carry out statement delivered by their kyai. This paper wants to explore how the relationship that was established between kyai and santri during the election process of East Java 2018. Written by the literature study method and using Habermas and Foucault's perspective to explain the presented reality. The relations that arise between kyai and santri in the vortex of the East Java 2018 governor election as patron-client relations. Santri places ‘kyai’ as role models for all his ‘fatwa’.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Imamul Huda Al Siddiq
AU  - Meidi Saputra
PY  - 2019/06
DA  - 2019/06
TI  - Kyai-Santri Relations in the Election of the Governor of East Java 2018 in Foucault And Habermas Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Knowledge Sciences and Education (ICSKSE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 156
EP  - 160
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/icskse-18.2019.30
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