Frans Djalong
Peneliti, Penulis, dan Analis Ekonomi Politik, Demokrasi, dan Geopolitik
Pasca Perang Dingin, terorisme muncul sebagai wacana politik paling kontroversial. Deklarasi ‘Global War on Terrorism’, GWOT, yang dikumandangkan Bush Jr pada pembukaan abad ke-21 terutama sejak kejadian tabrakan pesawat di Menara Kembar World Trade Center, New York, 11 September 2001. Deklarasi tersebut menjadi titik awal gerakan global menjadikan terorisme sebagai musuh bersama bagi… Baca Selengkapnya
This article poses two central questions: why and how does Christian Love matter as radical critique of neoliberal multiculturalism? We strongly argue that contemporary reappraisal of love as theo-political virtue produces more refreshing hermeneutics of love out of which political theology can engage multicultural problems in both critical and constructive ways. To pursue… Baca Selengkapnya
This paper explores how certain discourses operate and shape political subjects and their agency through specific political patterns with which the subjects aspire to welfare. Drawn upon our research’s findings in Manggarai, Western Flores, people’s demand for welfare is shaped and articulates through long-enlived discourses of patronage: Kairos (Local Catholic Church project of… Baca Selengkapnya
Tulisan ini membahas masalah dan tantangan yang muncul dalam praktek demokrasi digital. Pertanyaan utamanya adalah bagaimana dan seberapa jauh praktek demokrasi digital dapat memperkuat praktek kewarganegaraan aktif dan representasi politik di Indonesia? Pembahasan dalam tulisan ini memperlihatkan bahwa digitalisasi politik memiliki masalah dan tantangan untuk memperkuat demokrasi substansial. Adapun tiga masalah utama di… Baca Selengkapnya
Ahok Case reveals six narratives of political Islam in Indonesia. The case is not merely about problems of multiculturalism but highlights challenges for citizenship in contemporary Indonesia. Baca Selengkapnya
I write this paper for an old fashioned reason that democracy without politics is deemed to illusion, and so the case that, politics without democracy brings nothing to neither individual liberty nor social justice. But we also know very well how liberty and justice has been at the center of contemporary debate that… Baca Selengkapnya