POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

Political ideology is a collection of ideas, ideas and a comprehensive vision about the formation, distribution, management and use of power in society, especially the state. Referring to the idea of Indonesia's first president, Sukarno, at least there are three political ideologies that dominate Indonesian society, the Nationalists, Muslims and Marxists.

Nationalism comes from the word nation means a nation or group of people who become legal residents of a country. In the 18th century the word "nation" became more widespread after the Parliament means that the French Revolution called themselves the "Assemblée Nationale" which marks the transformation of political institutions, from the nature of which is reserved exclusively for the nobility to the egalitarian nature of the class in which all reached the right The same with the upper class in politics. Nationalist ideology is understood that creating and maintaining the sovereignty of a nation with the concept of realizing a common identity for a group of people.

Religious own has become the hallmark for Indonesia. Since the beginning of the historical development of the Indonesian people, Indonesian society has embraced polytheism. Polytheism literally comes from the Greek and theoi poly meaning many gods. Polytheism as a form of belief that recognizes the existence of more than one God is the explanation for the fondness many Indonesian people to this point to things that smelled of occult, mystical and supernatural. In the subsequent history of Islam to be the biggest religion embraced by the people of Indonesia. As a religion that has a holistic concept, the discussion of Indonesian society's view of life can not be separated from the ideology of Islam.

Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. According to the ideology of social change towards a classless society begins with the awareness and the struggle of the proletariat is always persecuted by the bourgeoisie. As a nation that before the independence era of constant persecution Dutch capitalist imperialist powers, then Marxism became the inspiration for some young people in Indonesia's independence struggle.

Efforts to clarify the Nationalist ideology, Islam and Marxism recorded in the writings of Sukarno in Indonesia Suluh Young in 1926 to rationalize that nationalism, Islam and Marxism have similar interests is against capitalism and Western imperialism. Previously, Tan Malaka spoke to Communism (as a manifestation of Marx's thought by Lenin) is not hostile to pan-Islamism, because of the common vision in the resistance against the capitalist. A Marxist speech was delivered at the Indonesia Fourth Congress of the Communist International (Comintern) on November 12, 1922.

Source: Ahmad Heryawan Tepas