Kritik Epistemologis Jacques Rancière atas Marxisme Struktural Louis Althusser

Tedy Aprilianto

doi:10.53396/media.v7i1.762

Authors

Tedy Aprilianto Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53396/media.v7i1.762

Keywords:

Jacques Ranciere; Louis Althusser; Interpretation of Marxism; Epistemologi Break

Abstract

This paper critically examines Jacques Rancière rejection of Althusser’s concept of interpretation in epistemological rupture. Rancière critique stems from his rejection of hierarchical epistemological structures in the dichotomy between science and ideology. For Rancière, this approach actually constrains the division of social aesthetics of class outside of power as an ideological object, rather than as an autonomous political subject. By examining the original works of Rancière and Althusser, the author uses a qualitative research model. Through this research model, the author analyzes Rancière's critique of Althusser in terms of elitism, epistemological break, and the separation of science and politics using hermeneutics. The results of this research contain hermeneutic arguments that emphasize that the interpretation of Marxismmust be grounded withinsocial aesthetics. This can happen because Ranciere attempts to present the progressive side of the Marxist tradition that has collapsed due to Althusser's concept of epistemological break.

Author Biography

Tedy Aprilianto, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, Indonesia

TEDY APRILIANTO, Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta, lahir di Malang, 26 April 2003. Saat ini ia mahasiswa program magister Filsafat di Universitas Gadjah Mada Yogyakarta.

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