Raden Ngabehi Ronggowarsito: Sang Pujangga dan Pemikir Klasik dari Tanah Jawa

Abstract

This study aims to: (1) find out the biography of a Ronggowarsito, (2) find out the relationship between working class in the fusion of political parties, (3) find out about working class as a means of perpetuating New Order power. This research was conducted using the historical method according to Kuntowijoyo. The results of this study reveal that within the Surakarta Hadiningrat Kasunanan Palace, there lived a poet named Raden Ngabehi Ronggowarsito. As a poet as well as a thinker, he produced many works which are still used as guidelines today. This is evident in several masterpieces of classical Javanese literature such as: the Chandrarini Fiber which contains various discourses for family life, the Wirid Hidayat Jati Fiber, the Mardawa Lagu Fiber, the Iber-Iber Fiber and the Paramasastra Fiber. Ronggowarsito's understanding contained in some of his literature also provides a strong foundation for historical philosophy, although not necessarily as specific as some western philosophers such as Hegel, Karl Marx and Toynbee. Some of his essays, such as the Sabdajati Fiber and the Paramayoga Fiber, do indeed contain elements of historical philosophy where the strong element of the king is the orientation of a historical event. The concept of history written by Rnggowarsito is synonymous with progress where a historical event is not just an event in the past but as an effort to organize the future. Ronggowarsito's thoughts related to the philosophy of history can be seen in the Serat Kalathida which regulates the periodization or characterization of the universe and the elaboration of social conditions.