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Wawasan Kebangsatan
Apa yang terjadi di Indonesia dewasa adalah masa yang dipenuhi oleh paradoks. Kekecewaan dan kemarahan kolektif sebagai warga negara menyeruak di banyak aspek.
Publik dengan gamblang menyaksikan prosedur demokrasi, bangunan demokrasi digerogoti hingga nyaris roboh. Institusi-institusi demokrasi dibusukkan dengan cara yang seolah legal, tapi bertentangan dengan prinsip keadilan dan akal sehat.
Delapan puluh esai dalam buku ini menjadi kontribusi Okky Madasari sebagai penulis, peneliti, dan seorang sosiolog. Kondisi sosial politik, kondisi kebangsaan, fenomena sosial, dan tentu pokok-pokok pemikiran perempuan didedah dengan jernih. Butir-butir pemikiran yang mengalir ibarat kristal, dengan harapan memberi secercah cahaya menghadapi situasi yang semakin runyam.
Publik dengan gamblang menyaksikan prosedur demokrasi, bangunan demokrasi digerogoti hingga nyaris roboh. Institusi-institusi demokrasi dibusukkan dengan cara yang seolah legal, tapi bertentangan dengan prinsip keadilan dan akal sehat.
Delapan puluh esai dalam buku ini menjadi kontribusi Okky Madasari sebagai penulis, peneliti, dan seorang sosiolog. Kondisi sosial politik, kondisi kebangsaan, fenomena sosial, dan tentu pokok-pokok pemikiran perempuan didedah dengan jernih. Butir-butir pemikiran yang mengalir ibarat kristal, dengan harapan memberi secercah cahaya menghadapi situasi yang semakin runyam.
341 pages, Paperback
Published October 22, 2025
About the author
Okky Madasari
23 books479 followersOkky Madasari is an Indonesian novelist. She is well-known for her social criticism with her fiction highlighting social issues, such as injustice and discrimination, and above all, about humanity. In academic field, her main interest is on literature, censorship and freedom of expression, and sociology of knowledge.
Since 2010 Okky has published 10 books, comprising of five novels, one short-story collection, three children’s novels and one non-fiction book. Her newest book (2019) is Genealogi Sastra Indonesia: Kapitalisme, Islam dan Sastra Perlawanan or “Genealogy of Indonesian Literature: Capitalism, Islam and Critical Literature”, which is published online and can be freely downloaded from her website www.okkymadasari.net. Okky’s novels have been translated into English, Germany and Arabic.
Since 2010 Okky has published 10 books, comprising of five novels, one short-story collection, three children’s novels and one non-fiction book. Her newest book (2019) is Genealogi Sastra Indonesia: Kapitalisme, Islam dan Sastra Perlawanan or “Genealogy of Indonesian Literature: Capitalism, Islam and Critical Literature”, which is published online and can be freely downloaded from her website www.okkymadasari.net. Okky’s novels have been translated into English, Germany and Arabic.
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May 5, 2026
Mungkin aku seorang masokis. Sebab, semakin kondisi tidak baik-baik saja, semakin aku membaca buku-buku untuk mengenali "are we going to be doomed or what?!"
Wawasan Kebangsatan adalah salah satu buku yang sengaja ku baca untuk meraba akan bagaimana hidupku--yang masih WNI ini--ke depan nanti. Delapan puluh artikel yang pernah ditulis mbak Okky Madasari baik di media massa atau yang disampaikan dalam acara-acara tertentu berisi observasi kritis selama 10 tahun (2015-2025).
Kita bisa membaca bagaimana change of administration rupanya ya...nggak ngubah hal-hal yang lain, seperti misalnya perihal kemerdekaan berpikir. Jangankan untuk merdeka berpikir, merdeka untuk mendapatkan akses informasi dan membaca saja hingga saat ini masih penuh halang rintang. Ancaman terhadap jurnalis semakin nyata adanya (baca artikel Project M).
Rata-rata setiap artikel memang hanya sekitar 2-3 halaman, tapi memberikan efek untukku berpikir dan merenung cukup lama. Seperti misalnya ketika mbak Okky cukup banyak menuliskan tentang rakyat yang punya kebebasan berpikir dan mengakses pendidikan. These articles linger on my mind longer than I thought. Are we moving into a dystopian scenario? Menyebalkan sekali mengingat ada pejabat yang kerap menyangkal perkosaan massal 1998. Juga harga buku-buku yang mahal. Dan perpustakaan sekolah yang akan alih fungsi.
Menyelesaikan buku ini di bulan Mei yang notabene menuju Hari Buku Nasional (berawal dari hari lahirnya Perpustakaan Nasional), sungguh miris sebenarnya mengingat bagaimana alokasi anggaran mereka dipangkas habis-habisan. Kemerdekaan yang diusung terasa kosong belaka. What freedom if there's no freedom to read and think and speak up?
As the title said, Wawasan Kebangsatan nggak akan bikin kamu jadi terbuka tapi malah bikin kamu ingin berkata kasar "bangsat!" as you should :)
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Isinya uncensored. Tidak ada yang ditutup-tutupi. Go read it before somebody else tore it down (iykyk).
Wawasan Kebangsatan adalah salah satu buku yang sengaja ku baca untuk meraba akan bagaimana hidupku--yang masih WNI ini--ke depan nanti. Delapan puluh artikel yang pernah ditulis mbak Okky Madasari baik di media massa atau yang disampaikan dalam acara-acara tertentu berisi observasi kritis selama 10 tahun (2015-2025).
Kita bisa membaca bagaimana change of administration rupanya ya...nggak ngubah hal-hal yang lain, seperti misalnya perihal kemerdekaan berpikir. Jangankan untuk merdeka berpikir, merdeka untuk mendapatkan akses informasi dan membaca saja hingga saat ini masih penuh halang rintang. Ancaman terhadap jurnalis semakin nyata adanya (baca artikel Project M).
Rata-rata setiap artikel memang hanya sekitar 2-3 halaman, tapi memberikan efek untukku berpikir dan merenung cukup lama. Seperti misalnya ketika mbak Okky cukup banyak menuliskan tentang rakyat yang punya kebebasan berpikir dan mengakses pendidikan. These articles linger on my mind longer than I thought. Are we moving into a dystopian scenario? Menyebalkan sekali mengingat ada pejabat yang kerap menyangkal perkosaan massal 1998. Juga harga buku-buku yang mahal. Dan perpustakaan sekolah yang akan alih fungsi.
Menyelesaikan buku ini di bulan Mei yang notabene menuju Hari Buku Nasional (berawal dari hari lahirnya Perpustakaan Nasional), sungguh miris sebenarnya mengingat bagaimana alokasi anggaran mereka dipangkas habis-habisan. Kemerdekaan yang diusung terasa kosong belaka. What freedom if there's no freedom to read and think and speak up?
As the title said, Wawasan Kebangsatan nggak akan bikin kamu jadi terbuka tapi malah bikin kamu ingin berkata kasar "bangsat!" as you should :)
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Isinya uncensored. Tidak ada yang ditutup-tutupi. Go read it before somebody else tore it down (iykyk).
May 9, 2026
Aku lebih suka membaca sejarah (yang kebanyakan berkutat dengan politik) ketimbang politik kiwari (yang membuatku merasa payah tak bisa bersuara).
Tulisan-tulisan Okky dalam buku ini kebanyakan menyoal kebangsatan tampuk kekuasaan, meski beberapa bagian lebih personal. Sebagai orang yang apolitis, anggap saja demikian, aku tak menikmati kegiatan membacaku. Pikiran skeptisku selalu berkata, "yaudah lah mau diapain lagi."
Sebagian orang menganggap ini tak baik. Orang yang pernah atau sedang mengenyam pendidikan tinggi, melek literasi, tapi dengan sengaja menutup mata atas kondisi perpolitikan saat ini adalah bentuk keegoisan. Mungkin benar.
Namun, turut andil menyuarakan ketidakadilan membuatku berharap suatu saat keadilan akan tercapai, yang senyatanya tak pernah (dan mungkin tak akan?). Ikut bersuara berarti ada harga yang harus dibayar: kedamaian diri. Sikap apolitis bagiku adalah bentuk perlindungan pada keheningan pikiran. Dengan bersikap demikian, sesungguhnya aku hanya menghindari kegaduhan.
Terkecuali tulisan tentang Dorce Gamalama yang personal dan menurutku isu yang patut dikemukakan, artikel-artikel yang lain kusikapi dengan "bodo amat." Bukan berarti ini buku yang jelek, aku saja yang sudah menjadi fatalis dalam bernegara.
Tulisan-tulisan Okky dalam buku ini kebanyakan menyoal kebangsatan tampuk kekuasaan, meski beberapa bagian lebih personal. Sebagai orang yang apolitis, anggap saja demikian, aku tak menikmati kegiatan membacaku. Pikiran skeptisku selalu berkata, "yaudah lah mau diapain lagi."
Sebagian orang menganggap ini tak baik. Orang yang pernah atau sedang mengenyam pendidikan tinggi, melek literasi, tapi dengan sengaja menutup mata atas kondisi perpolitikan saat ini adalah bentuk keegoisan. Mungkin benar.
Namun, turut andil menyuarakan ketidakadilan membuatku berharap suatu saat keadilan akan tercapai, yang senyatanya tak pernah (dan mungkin tak akan?). Ikut bersuara berarti ada harga yang harus dibayar: kedamaian diri. Sikap apolitis bagiku adalah bentuk perlindungan pada keheningan pikiran. Dengan bersikap demikian, sesungguhnya aku hanya menghindari kegaduhan.
Terkecuali tulisan tentang Dorce Gamalama yang personal dan menurutku isu yang patut dikemukakan, artikel-artikel yang lain kusikapi dengan "bodo amat." Bukan berarti ini buku yang jelek, aku saja yang sudah menjadi fatalis dalam bernegara.
September 10, 2026
This book is an essay collection by Ibu Okky Madasari, one of my favourite Indonesian authors. I have only ever encountered her fiction books and, to be honest, the blurb and the title of this book seemed quite intriguing to read, so I decided to give it a go. I don’t know why, but this book seems rather unknown among Indonesian readers.
This book contains around 80 essays written by Ibu Okky Madasari about this country, divided into eight main sections. And seriously, the content of this book is absolute gold! Most of Ibu Okky's essays in this book offer deep criticism of the government, politicians, and rogue members of the security forces, Polri & TNI, especially under the leadership of Jokowi and Prabowo. Quite frankly, reading this book took me some time to finish as it is quite take a toll of reflection (and also a bit let me down to know how wrecked up our government are and were). Honestly, this book articulates my concerns about Indonesia's current condition. Almost every essay presented by Ibu Okky perfectly encapsulates the grievances I hold towards the nation of Indonesia. On the other hand, this book provides an understanding of and reflection on every step taken by the Indonesian nation. Examples include the truncation of Pancasila values through police and military impunity, populist extractive programmes, and numerous cases of violence and human rights violations that remain unresolved to this day, ultimately evaporating and being forgotten by the Indonesia government.
The thing that hit me hardest while reading this book was when Ibu Okky stated in one of her essays that a country's government is needed to govern the people so that chaos does not ensue, and there are two obligations that a state must fulfil: firstly, protecting its citizens (from violence, external attacks, starvation, and anything that deprives them of life), and secondly, acting as a provider of services and needs that cannot be supplied individually by each person. Yet in reality (and ironically), these two obligations are not even being fulfilled by the Indonesian government. The government has failed to carry out these two fundamental obligations. In fact, these two duties are the basic task and mandate of every government in the world. Crucially, these two obligations are neglected by the government, and the erosion of Pancasila is daily eaten away by the chronic cancerous disease of official impunity, practices of corruption, collusion, and nepotism, as well as political interests that reside solely with those in power, the elite, and the oligarchs. As for the people? They become victims of the arrogance and cruelty of an arbitrary regime and government.
This book highlights a vast array of cases that have occurred in Indonesia and how the Indonesian government ALWAYS FAILS to resolve or even simply finalize these cases, such as the Kanjuruhan tragedy, the fateful events of 1965 and 1998, the disappearance of activists like Widji Thukul, and the deaths of Marsinah and Munir, and many other cases as the main topics. The book also highlights how flawed the law and institutions are in Indonesia, not only structurally, but systematically, right down to the roots of their implementation.
Beyond pointing out the flaws of the Indonesian state alongside the corrupt rats among the officials and rulers, this book also shines a light on gender equality, feminism, social issues, and the conventional, or even misguided mindset held by a large section of Indonesian society. The book addresses several of these issues through engaging essay discussions, rational analysis, and reflections that readers can ponder.
To be honest, besides being completely eye-opening, reading this book truly brings new perspectives and ways of thinking to its readers. In my opinion, this book is thoroughly worth reading, especially for Indonesians of productive age who will serve as the driving force of Indonesia's future, so that the writings in these essays do not remain mere hopes or stagnate on the page, but can serve as food for thought, reflection, and even guidance for Indonesia moving forward. Definitely one of my best non-fiction reads this year. I will easily place this in my top three non-fiction books of the year. 5++++++ out of 5!
This book contains around 80 essays written by Ibu Okky Madasari about this country, divided into eight main sections. And seriously, the content of this book is absolute gold! Most of Ibu Okky's essays in this book offer deep criticism of the government, politicians, and rogue members of the security forces, Polri & TNI, especially under the leadership of Jokowi and Prabowo. Quite frankly, reading this book took me some time to finish as it is quite take a toll of reflection (and also a bit let me down to know how wrecked up our government are and were). Honestly, this book articulates my concerns about Indonesia's current condition. Almost every essay presented by Ibu Okky perfectly encapsulates the grievances I hold towards the nation of Indonesia. On the other hand, this book provides an understanding of and reflection on every step taken by the Indonesian nation. Examples include the truncation of Pancasila values through police and military impunity, populist extractive programmes, and numerous cases of violence and human rights violations that remain unresolved to this day, ultimately evaporating and being forgotten by the Indonesia government.
The thing that hit me hardest while reading this book was when Ibu Okky stated in one of her essays that a country's government is needed to govern the people so that chaos does not ensue, and there are two obligations that a state must fulfil: firstly, protecting its citizens (from violence, external attacks, starvation, and anything that deprives them of life), and secondly, acting as a provider of services and needs that cannot be supplied individually by each person. Yet in reality (and ironically), these two obligations are not even being fulfilled by the Indonesian government. The government has failed to carry out these two fundamental obligations. In fact, these two duties are the basic task and mandate of every government in the world. Crucially, these two obligations are neglected by the government, and the erosion of Pancasila is daily eaten away by the chronic cancerous disease of official impunity, practices of corruption, collusion, and nepotism, as well as political interests that reside solely with those in power, the elite, and the oligarchs. As for the people? They become victims of the arrogance and cruelty of an arbitrary regime and government.
This book highlights a vast array of cases that have occurred in Indonesia and how the Indonesian government ALWAYS FAILS to resolve or even simply finalize these cases, such as the Kanjuruhan tragedy, the fateful events of 1965 and 1998, the disappearance of activists like Widji Thukul, and the deaths of Marsinah and Munir, and many other cases as the main topics. The book also highlights how flawed the law and institutions are in Indonesia, not only structurally, but systematically, right down to the roots of their implementation.
Beyond pointing out the flaws of the Indonesian state alongside the corrupt rats among the officials and rulers, this book also shines a light on gender equality, feminism, social issues, and the conventional, or even misguided mindset held by a large section of Indonesian society. The book addresses several of these issues through engaging essay discussions, rational analysis, and reflections that readers can ponder.
To be honest, besides being completely eye-opening, reading this book truly brings new perspectives and ways of thinking to its readers. In my opinion, this book is thoroughly worth reading, especially for Indonesians of productive age who will serve as the driving force of Indonesia's future, so that the writings in these essays do not remain mere hopes or stagnate on the page, but can serve as food for thought, reflection, and even guidance for Indonesia moving forward. Definitely one of my best non-fiction reads this year. I will easily place this in my top three non-fiction books of the year. 5++++++ out of 5!
December 1, 2025
Buku ini mengajak kita berpikir.
Tidak selalu untuk setuju, baik dengan mereka yang terlihat vokal, influencer, maupun (dan terutama) mereka yang berkuasa
Ditengah-tengah kondisi politik Indonesia yang kacau balau, kondisi sosial yang sangat labil, dan ekonomi yang tidak stabil, masih banyak orang-orang bangsat yang "memaksa" negara ini seolah baik-baik saja.
Hampir semua topik membuat saya berpikir dan merenung. Tidak semua saya langsung setuju, tapi itu tadi, membuat saya berpikir. Mencari tau lebih jauh. Riset fakta. Mempertanyakan apa yang selama ini saya lihat.
Tidak selalu untuk setuju, baik dengan mereka yang terlihat vokal, influencer, maupun (dan terutama) mereka yang berkuasa
Ditengah-tengah kondisi politik Indonesia yang kacau balau, kondisi sosial yang sangat labil, dan ekonomi yang tidak stabil, masih banyak orang-orang bangsat yang "memaksa" negara ini seolah baik-baik saja.
Hampir semua topik membuat saya berpikir dan merenung. Tidak semua saya langsung setuju, tapi itu tadi, membuat saya berpikir. Mencari tau lebih jauh. Riset fakta. Mempertanyakan apa yang selama ini saya lihat.
May 26, 2026
Buku ini seperti penyaluran isi kepala yang tidak bisa keluar karena keterbatasan ilmu. Terutama soal keadaan bangsa ini. Berisi 80 catatan penulis yang berisi sisi bangsat negeri ini. 90% nya adalah soal keadaan negara sejak era jkw. 10% nya catatan lain soal dinamika sosial masyarakat. Untuk bahasan politik, juara banget. Untuk 10% nya yg catatan lain ya antara pro dan kontra.
May 2, 2026
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