Reproduksi Kekuasaan Kyai Dan Blater Di Kabupaten Bangkalan
Abstract: In Madurese culture,
Kiai symbolizedas someone who has adeep knowledge of religion, he is also
believed as a representative prophet on earth. Discourse knowledge sami'nawa
atho’na is a manifestation of how the figure of Kiai has a sacred meaning for
the people of Madura, so that the words and actions become apatron who always
followed by the public. While Blater pointing to things that dimension of
violence, carok is the domain that cannot be separated with the blater. For
those carok is the best way to go if their self-esteem feels to be harassed. So
this blater group respected by the community and tend tobe feared because of
the courage and strength.
Kiai and blater in local politics of Madura are often used as a means of
seizing power. This study seeks to unpack the phenomenon, such as: want to
reveal the use of symbols of religious ideology (kiai) as a strategy to
influence and attract the sympathy of the masses in Bangkalan elections
12-12-2012, and uncover strategies of blater is meas power presses and
organizing the masses in Bangkalan elections.
This study uses a critical paradigm approach to dismantle the relations
of the power that inherent in the reality studied. Critical paradigm was chosen
because it is believed that the reality of the struggle for power in Bangkalan
elections involves cultural and political power and the economy. This paradigm
always sees that reality for med over these relations.
The results of this study are: a) all the symbols and identities attached
to kiai used as a strategy for hegemony community by Bangkalan regent
candidates. The candidates fight the owner of kiai Kholil identity to attract
the sympathy of the masses, because they still have a blood descendant of kiai
Kholil that was very influential in Bangkalan. b) The relation of kiai-students
is an effective means of gaining support from the district level till to the
villages. c) While blaterisme strategy covers two things. First, structural
blaterisme and the Second, blaterisme non-structural.
Penulis: Ishaq Abdussalam
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd150679
