Analisis Wacana Kritis: Ilmu Sosial Kuantum?

Rezza Prasetyo Setiawan – 21 Agustus 2023

“Saya itu tidak ada—yang ada hanya wacana.”

Ujaran itu diulang hampir setiap minggu oleh Prof. Frans Wijsen, dosen pengampu mata kuliah Discursive Study of Religion (Studi Diskursif tentang Agama). Namun, yang justru kerap terlintas dalam pikiran saya malah Prinsip Ketidakpastian Heisenberg, salah satu prinsip yang populer dan berpengaruh dalam diskursus fisika kuantum. 

Kesannya memang tidak nyambung. Akan tetapi, tidak sedikit akademisi yang sudah membangun jembatan pengetahuan antara fisika kuantum dan ilmu-ilmu sosial (social sciences). Karen Barad dalam bukunya, Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning (2007), menggunakan prinsip-prinsip fisika kuantum seperti difraksi dan keterikatan kuantum (quantum entanglement) untuk melawan esensialisme dalam pola pikir modern. Dalam artikel lain, Ben Klemens (2020) menyoroti keterbatasan ilmu sosial dalam mengukur aspek-aspek yang harus diperhatikan sehingga model-model penelitian tidak akan pernah sepenuhnya tepat. Dari sini, senyampang prinsip ketidakpastian dalam fisika kuantum menemukan kesejajarannya dengan ranah keilmuan sosial.

Abstract
In the late-15^th to mid-16^th century, Europe experienced three revolutions: a geographical revolution (“voyages of discovery” and colonial expansion); a religious revolution (the Protestant Reformation) and a Scientific Revolution. Within the religion and science discourse, the relationship between two of these revolutions—the Protestant Reformation and the Scientific Revolution—has been much studied, while the third revolution has been ignored. As a result, the ghosts of colonialism still haunt us. This presentation will explore the ways considerations of the third revolution—and postcolonial perspectives—broaden out understanding and expand the discourse, with special attention to the contributions of postcolonial Science Fictions.
Speaker
Lisa Stenmark is author of Religion, Science and Democracy: A Disputational Friendship, and co-editor (with Whitney Bauman) of Religion, Science and Queer Theory, part of a series Religion and Science as a Critical Discourse. She teaches at San Jose University and, in her spare time, she practices Aikido (in which she has a Black Belt) and other martial arts, trains triathlons and is an avid Science Fiction fan.
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