Ideologi

a. Definition of Ideology comes from the word "edios" from the Greek or "ideas" from the Latin which means understanding, ideas, ideas, and logy from the Greek word "logos" meaning science, teaching. Ideology in general is a collection of thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and beliefs that direct systematic behavior in various areas of life, such as politics, including legal, defense and security, social, cultural, and religious



b. Role of IdeologyAccording to Jacques and Paul Ricour Ellui the dikutipoleh Heru Santoso et al in a series Pancasial Education (2002:53) has the role of ideology as follows.1) In response to the need for the image or identity of a social group, community, organization, or nation.2) Bridging the founding faher and future generations.3) Instill confidence in the truth of the struggle of a group holding on to that ideology.4) A conviction of the founders of the control, influence, all social activities



c. Power of IdeologyAccording Alfian (1991: 192), the power of ideology depends on the quality of the existing three-dimensional on the ideology that is:1) The dimensions of reality, which is that the basic values ​​embodied in the ideology in real life in and derived from the cultural and historical experiences of the community or nation.2) Dimensions of idealism, namely that the value-indigo contains the basic ideology of idealism that gave hope of a better future through experience in the practice of everyday life.3) The dimensions of flexibility, that ideology has a flexibility that enable and stimulate development of new ideas that are relevant to the question of ideology without eliminating or denying the identity contained in the basic values.

 
d. The characteristics of the state ideologyState ideology has the following characteristics1) Having a high degree as the value of life and the state kebangsan.2) Achieve a spiritual principle panfangan world, a view of life that must be maintained, developed, practiced, preserved, to the next generation, fought for and maintained by the willingness to sacrifice.