Muhammad R Damm
Universitas Indraprasta PGRI, Jakarta, Indonesia

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Ruh Tanpa Tubuh, Tubuh Tanpa Ruh: Keterangan tentang Mati di Antara Universalisme Filsafati dan Partikularisme Antropologis Muhammad Damm
Antropologi Indonesia Vol 32, No 2 (2011): Antropologi Indonesia
Publisher : Department of Anthropology

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Death can be understood merely as a transition from one life to the next or simply as an end of life. These two conceptions are established due to our lack in knowledge about what will happen to us after we die. In order to make any sense, both conceptions require an understanding of death (and also life) as individual matter, that the only death (and life) I experienced is always my own. Nevertheless, in the first conception death does not exterminate one’s self, while in the second conception death exterminate one’s self. However, nonexistence of any access to the first-person death experiences causes our understanding about death is always constructed from third-person point of view—in this case, live person’s point of view. As the result, we see that death also brings ontological transformation regarding to one’s corporeal body and identity. As endeavors to undertand what death is, there are tendencies to bring these conceptualizations of death to such philosophical universalism or anthropological particularism. This paper suggests that explanations about death must explain this event without strictly take one of these tendencies. Keywords: death, death as transition, death as denouement, transformation of corporeal body, transformation of personal identity
Lubang Buaya, Kuburan Para Pahlawan: Abjeksi dalam Historiografi Peristiwa 1 Oktober 1965 Muhammad Damm
Antropologi Indonesia Vol 38, No 2 (2017): Antropologi Indonesia
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Not only explanations about 30th September Movement (G30S) on 1st October 1965 debatable, the following mass murder during late 1965 to 1966 is still far from any clearance either. How that mass murder possible? We may say, following Roosa’s argument, that that mass murder possible because of preceding pretext, that is G30S/PKI. We may also say, following Drakeley’s argument, that that mass murder possible because of current socio-political atmosphere at that time was conducive for its emergence. Nevertheless, both arguments are sufficient to explain how 1965–1966 mass murder possible if only complemented by explanation about “mental mechanism” that worked behind it. That mental mechanism, namely abjection of PKI (Communist), can be revealed through structural inquiry to The Sacred Pancasila Monument complex as a representation and reconstruction of 1st October 1965 historical event. Not only made 1965–1966 mass murder possible, abjection mechanism also legitimized New Order’s historiography about 1st October 1965. Using structural anthropology as paradigm and museum ethnography as research method, this article attempts to explain how the abjection transpired.Keywords: The Sacred Pancasila Monument, Pancasila, PKI, communist, latent danger, abjection.