Does the Indonesian School Perspective Matter?

“An Indonesian School Perspective is matter for Indonesia to take apart in building the Manunggalian.” Many International Relations Scholars (IR Scholars) especially in Indonesia still have strong understanding about the world but in the terms of Western-centric than takinf part in Eastern-centric, in this case understanding about the world as the World Relations Scholars (WR Scholars).

Bellow are several points in understanding Indonesian School Perspective:

1. Indonesian School Perspective needs to introduce the “Manunggalism” itself as a central paradigm, philosophy, and theory to understand world relations from an Indonesian School perspective with an emphasis on the values ​​of World Unity which are excavated from historical values, civilization, culture, tradition, philosophy, ideology, society, and human nature of the eastern world, especially the values ​​of Asia, Africa, and Eurasia and connecting them with each other.
2. Indonesian School Perspective needs to realize the values of the “Demak Declaration” based on the 1st Indonesian School Congress on August 28, 2024, which is the document contains eight matters regarding ways to build world relations.
3. Indonesian School Perspective needs to introduce the “Indonesian School of World Relations” as school of thought (paradigm, philosophy, also theory) and intellectual movement that seeks to develop a unique Indonesian perspective on world relations issues, world politics, world war, world security, and world peace.
4. Indonesian School Perspective needs to introduce the “Eastern World Relations Theory (WRT)” as set of World Relations Theories in challenging the dominant Western International Theories (IRT) at world level, and instead, develops a distinct Indonesian approach.
5. Indonesian School Perspective needs to introduce he Manunggal Peace Theory in achieving peace and stability in world relations.
6. Indonesian School Perspective needs to introduce the “Manunggal World” is a vision of a world strategic community that is united, harmonious, and equitable to balance the Western world “Atlantical”.
7. Indonesian School Perspective needs to introduce the “Pranata Dunia” as the basis of institutional from the Indonesian School of World Relations includeing the World Relations System by developing and promoting Indonesian perspectives on world relations system using “gotong royong system”.
8. Indonesian School Perspective needs to realize the “Manunggalistiwa” as “a condition where the cycle of world order runs side by side between the leader and the led (Eastern world vs. Western world) following an unbroken straight line, which divides and connects the world continuously forming an eternal “Manunggal Peace System”.
9. Indonesian School Perspective needs to consider that the Era of Manunggalian (Purification) is the lapse of time in which the process of purifying Eastern institutions of historical values, civilization, culture, tradition, philosophy, ideology, society, and humanity.
10. Indonesian School Perspective needs to expands the network of cooperation among WR Scholars in developing paradigms, philosophies, and theories in order to connect the Indonesian School with other world schools such as: the English School, the American School, the Copenhagen School, the Canadian School, the Russian School, the French School, and the Frankfurt School, the Indian School, also the Chinese School.

To be able to understand more about the “Indonesian School Perspective with the Grand Theory of Manunggalism” please visit the link to the work on this topic that has been published in UGM Digital Press: https://digitalpress.ugm.ac.id/article/433

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