Soekarno and the Social Centrism of Pancasila

With a post-modernist perspective, Prof. Ariel doubts the various "revivals of Pancasila" which, according to him, could be absurd.

KOMPAS/PRIYOMBODO

Soekarno\'s mural adorns the wall in Larangan Selatan Village, Tangerang City, Banten, on Saturday (9/9/2017).

The response of Soekarno\'s eldest son, Guntur Soekarnoputra (Kompas, 15/9/2020), to the writing of Prof. Ariel Heryanto, who questioned the success of Sukarno\'s socialism (Kompas, 8/8/2020), is interesting to respond to.

In his piece, Prof. Ariel reflects on the discourse on Pancasila, which has heated up after the Reform era. Prof. Ariel may have written the piece as a criticism of the contemporary discourse on Pancasila, especially the controversy surrounding the Pancasila Ideology Guidelines Bill (RUU).