TRANSFORMATIVE POLITICAL EDUCATION: A GIFT FOR ONE CENTURY OF INDONESIA’S INDEPENDENCE

This book discusses Transformative Political Education: A Gift for One Century of Indonesian Independence. It includes introductory material, the concept of political education, inspirational thoughts on political education for new people in Indonesia, political education and political systems, models and agents of political education, families as agents of education, schools as agents of education, political parties as agents of political education, political education to heal national wounds, prospects for political education and the lifespan of Indonesia, case studies of political education models and a conclusion.

The inspiration for the idea of trying to extend the life of Indonesia was inspired by the thoughts of the famous great sociologist Ibn Khaldun about the life span of a dynasty empire.(Khaldun, Muqoddimah)The essence of Ibn Khaldun’s thinking is that he stated that according to the natural law of a dynasty (emperor, nation), like living creatures like humans, it experiences birth, growth, maturity, aging, and then death. Among the factors
influencing the death or collapse of an empire is the weakening of ties.companions(a kind of nationalist bond) among the military which spread to the people, as well as the emergence of waste (luxuriousliving) among the empire’s political elite and the emergence of widespread conflict within society. Several of these factors have begun to be felt in the political life of the Indonesian nation.