The Rationalization of Maja Labo Dahu Values in the Action of Bimas Young Political Actors

Abstract

Communication is an action, in political practice, politicians action of coordinative activity had values to gain power. Maja Labo Dahu philosophy is a communication concept of young politicians in Bima with value, to get position of power, the essence of Maja Labo Dahu is to fortify from every aspect of national politics right now, more likely to be 'dirty' political action, for example: corruption, libel, blashphemy, spreading hoax, bring into conflict, money laundry and self enrich. The purpose of this research is to study the experience of young political actors with positive rational oriented, the concept itself applied honesty in competition or political power that related with the perspective of Weber Theory of Social Action, Jurger Hebermas Action, Hafied Cangara Political Communication Theory and Deddy Mulyana's Culture as Social System. This research analyize the experience of Bima's young political actors' social action that is based on Maja Labo Dahu values "Malu dan Takut" (Ashamed and Afraid). The method used in this study is Ethnography Qualitative with constructivist paradigm of values, meaning, and messages. The result shows two categories of rational political action based on Maja Labo Dahu, they are real action and rationalization of pseudo-actions.

Building Children's Character: Ethnographic Study of Maja Labo Dahu Culture at Bima Community

“…Maja Labo Dahu culture was not only a sentence phrase but also has become the integrity of life that must be upheld that can encourage behavioral change. Hence it became a complete human being and a philosophy of life that has been embedded as a moral value that exists in society (Nasaruddin & Syarifuddin, 2018;Amiruddin, 2018;Ruslin & Gusfa, 2019). Maja Labo Dahu cultural content was worthy of advice that applies universally and always instilled and brought up by every parent in educating and advising (ngoa ra tei) a child (Dinata, 2008;Nasruddin, 2016).…”