RELASI ANTAGONISTIK BARAT-TIMUR: ORIENTALISME VIS A VIS OKSIDENTALISME
Abstract: Encounter of the
East and the West due to such various interests as economic, political,
scientific, cultural has been a major factor in the study of western scientists
(Orientalists) about the East that produces a variety of works in the fields of
archeology, history, literature, environment, customs, and Islamic studies.
Meanwhile, resistance against Orientalism in the form of Occidentalism, as
initiated by Hasan Hanafî, seems to be closely related to ‘obsession’ and hopes
of someone who frustrated and dissatisfied with the condition of the world he
has dealt with as the project of civilization he offered seemed to be too
theoretical to be applied into the form of well established science. This is a
fact that, unlike Orientalism that has born from strength, power, and has been
then smoothly formed, Occidentalism was created by the East that was defeated
and suffered from weakness and at the same time merely has an obsession. In
spite of the impression, apparently, what has been attempted in Occidentalism is
dismantling the text, another interpretation, and building a new, more
proportional context.
Keywords: The East, the West,
orientalism, Occidentalism
Penulis: A. Farid Mawardi S.
Kode Jurnal: jpperadabanislamdd120071
