Category: π Book Review
The Book Review section presents in-depth reflections on global and local publications. Each review goes beyond summary, offering critical insights, academic context, and connections between Indonesian thought and global discourses.
From Clearing to Imaginal Depth: Rethinking Ontology After the End of Metaphysics
This article explores the philosophical encounter between Martin Heidegger and Henry Corbin, focusing on ontology after the end of metaphysics. While Heidegger grounded Being in finitude and ecstatic temporality, Corbin articulated the imaginal world and angelic mediation as differentiated modes of manifestation. The central question remains: can vertical articulation preserve the ontological difference without regressing into metaphysics? This study offers a rigorous analysis of phenomenology, angelology, and post-metaphysical ontology for serious readers of continental philosophy.
The Cosmic Mind and Civilizational Survival: Cosmology, Power, and Strategic Culture in the Indonesian Archipelago
This article explores how cosmology functions as the deep foundation of power, territorial consciousness, and civilizational survival. Drawing from The Cosmic Mind, it examines Indonesian cosmology as a living knowledge system shaping strategic culture, sovereignty, and collective identity. Beyond material definitions of national defense, this work argues that civilizations are sustained by shared metaphysical imagination and civilizational narratives. Through the lens of Nusantara cosmological traditions, the article offers a new framework for understanding resilience, identity formation, and the future of civilizational continuity in an era of global uncertainty and rapid transformation.