Eksistensi Komunitas Akar Sosial Di Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar (Kajian Relasi Kuasa Michel Foucault)

Abstract

The problem in this study examines how grassroots social communities can form their power relations within the power relations of the campus. Therefore, this study aims to explain why grassroots social communities can establish their power relations and what forms of power relations exist within these communities. The research method used is descriptive qualitative. Using Michel Foucault’s theory of power relations, the findings show that strategies and discourse games serve as instruments through which grassroots social communities build their power relations. The forms of power relations in these communities are: (a) power over the mind, which includes control and domination of thought; (b) power over the body, which includes discipline and the panopticon. It can be concluded that power over the mind shapes the ideas or discourse and the collective views of grassroots social communities regarding the conditions of higher education, organizational conditions, and student affairs. Besides power over the mind, power over the body directs a model of behavior that every community member must exhibit. These behaviors include habituation to holding discussions, studies, and reading books.