The Relevance of Taha Abdurrahman's Islamic Education Thought to the Challenges of Modern Education

(Relevansi Pemikiran Pendidikan Islam Taha Abdurrahman terhadap Tantangan Pendidikan Modern)

Penulis

  • Milda Apriliana Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37304/jied.v2i01.24011

Kata Kunci:

Pendidikan Islam, Taha Abdurrahman, Rasionalitas Etis, Pendidikan Moral, Tantangan Pendidikan Modern

Abstrak

Contemporary education is increasingly dominated by instrumental rationality and technocratic management that tends to marginalize the ethical and spiritual dimensions. In the context of Islamic education, this condition raises a tension between the  normative goal of moral formation and the adoption of a less critical modern educational paradigm. This research aims to analyze the relevance of Taha Abdurrahman's thinking in responding to the challenges of modern education, especially moral crises, secularization, and the reduction of education to the transmission of technical skills. This research uses  a qualitative research approach based on literature studies analyzing the main works of Taha Abdurrahman as well as international literature related to Islamic education and philosophy of education. Data are analyzed through content analysis with a philosophical-critical approach to examine key concepts such as ethical rationality (al-'aql al-akhlāqī), trust, and spiritual awareness. The results of the study show that Taha Abdurrahman offers a coherent ethical-spiritual framework as a critique of instrumental rationality and secular education, while proposing an integrative educational paradigm that unites knowledge, ethics, and spirituality. The theoretical contribution of this article lies in the reaffirmation of the role of ethics as the epistemological foundation of Islamic education, as well as the enrichment of contemporary Islamic philosophical discourse through a normative-critical approach to educational modernity. This article confirms that Taha Abdurrahman's thinking is not only normatively relevant, but also significant as a conceptual foundation for the development of the study of Islamic educational philosophy and further research oriented towards the integration of ethics and spirituality in the context of modern education.

Pendidikan kontemporer semakin didominasi oleh rasionalitas instrumental dan manajemen teknokratis yang cenderung meminggirkan dimensi etika dan spiritual. Dalam konteks pendidikan Islam, kondisi ini memunculkan ketegangan antara tujuan normatif pembentukan moral dan adopsi paradigma pendidikan modern yang kurang kritis. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis relevansi pemikiran Taha Abdurrahman dalam merespons tantangan pendidikan modern, khususnya krisis moral, sekularisasi, dan reduksi pendidikan menjadi transmisi keterampilan teknis. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif berbasis studi kepustakaan menganalisis karya-karya utama Taha Abdurrahman serta literatur internasional terkait pendidikan Islam dan filsafat pendidikan. Data dianalisis melalui analisis konten dengan pendekatan filosofis-kritis untuk mengkaji konsep-konsep kunci seperti rasionalitas etis (al-‘aql al-akhlāqī), amanah, dan kesadaran spiritual. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa Taha Abdurrahman menawarkan kerangka etika-spiritual yang koheren sebagai kritik terhadap rasionalitas instrumental dan pendidikan sekuler, sekaligus mengajukan paradigma pendidikan integratif yang menyatukan pengetahuan, etika, dan spiritualitas. Kontribusi teoretis artikel ini terletak pada penegasan kembali peran etika sebagai fondasi epistemologis pendidikan Islam, serta pengayaan diskursus filsafat Islam kontemporer melalui pendekatan normatif-kritis terhadap modernitas pendidikan. Artikel ini menegaskan bahwa pemikiran Taha Abdurrahman tidak hanya relevan secara normatif, tetapi juga signifikan sebagai landasan konseptual bagi pengembangan kajian filsafat pendidikan Islam dan penelitian lanjut yang berorientasi pada integrasi etika dan spiritualitas dalam konteks pendidikan modern.

 

Unduhan

Data unduhan belum tersedia.
##doi.editor.displayName##: 10.37304/jied.v2i01.24011 DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.37304/jied.v2i01.24011
Lihat: 25 | ##article.downloads##: 10

Referensi

Abbas, N., & Rachman, M. A. (2023). Analysis of Contemporary Islamic Thought (A Critical Study of Harun Nasution's Thought). Publicity Journal, 12(2), 17–30.

Abderrahman, T. (2008). A Global Ethic : Its Scope and Limits (Issue 1). Tabah Foundation.

Abdurrahman, T. (2000). Al-‘Amal al-Dīnī wa Tajdīd al-‘Aql. al-Markaz al- Thaqafi al-arabi. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365794787_Translation_and_Modernity_Abd_ar-Rahman_Taha’s_Project_of_Renewing_Islamic_Thought/link/676d829e894c5520852b6d9d/download?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIn

Abdurrahman, T. (2012). Al-Ḥaqq al-‘Arabī fī al-Ikhtilāf al-Falsafī. Arab Cultural Center (al-Markaz al-Thaqāfī al-‘Arabī).

Agusta, I. (2007). Indonesia in the Linkage of Development Culture and Indonesian Culture in the Linkage of Development Culture and Villager Culture. 9(2). https://doi.org/10.17510/wjhi.v9i2.209

Agustin, E. (2025). Digital Transformation in Islamic Education Management: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Society 5. 0. pp. 4(06), 850–859. https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/67712-ID-integrasi-pendidikan-islam-nilai-nilai-i.pdf

Al-Raḥmān., T. ʻAbd. (2005). The Spirit of Modernity: The Introduction to the Establishment of Islamic Modernity. In Ṭāhā ʻAbd al-Raḥmān. (al-Ṭabʻah). Arab Cultural Center. https://doi.org/LK - https://worldcat.org/title/63158010

Al-Rahman, T. A. (2000). Suʾāl al-Akhlāq: Musāhamah fī al-Naqd al-Akhlāqī li al-Ḥadāthah al-Gharbiyyah. al-Markaz al-Thaqāfī al-‘Arabī. https://citj.org/index.php/citj/article/download/5469/4597/11809

Ali, F., Bouzoubaa, K., Gelli, F., & Hamzi, B. (2025). Islamic Ethics and AI : An Evaluation of Existing Approaches to AI using Trusteeship Ethics. Philosophy & Technology, 38(3), 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-025-00922-4

APRILIANA, M. (2024). Analysis of Contemporary Islamic Thought (Critical Study of Mohammed Arkoun’s Thought). Integration: Journal Of Social Sciences And Culture, 2(3), 269–277. https://doi.org/10.38142/ijssc.v2i3.228

Azisl, A., Rizqi, A. F., Indah, L. L., & K, N. K. (2025). Challenges and Problems of Contemporary Education in the Islamic Perspective in the Era of Globalization. Morals: Journal of Islamic Education Studies, 2(2), 224–240. file:///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/MORAL+-+VOLUME+2+NOMOR+2+JUNI+2025+hal+224-240 (2).pdf

Biesta, G. (2008). GOOD EDUCATION IN AN AGE OF MEASUREMENT: ON THE NEED TO RECONNECT WITH THE QUESTION OF PURPOSE IN EDUCATION. For Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountabilit, 1–14. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/41529875_Good_Education_in_an_Age_of_Measurement_On_the_Need_to_Reconnect_with_the_Question_of_Purpose_in_Education/link/5970fdb74585153016391e07/download?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIn19

Elfalih, T. (2025). Ethics Unbound : Islam and the Philosophy of Taha Abdurrahman. IJSRIS, 4(5), 117–123. https://www.ijsrisjournal.com/index.php/ojsfiles/article/view/459/333

Fahmi, I. R., & Rohman, M. A. A. (2021). Non-Dichotomy of Knowledge: Integration-Interconnection in Islamic Education. AL-MIKRAJ : Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities (e-ISSN: 2745-4584), 1(2), 46–60. https://doi.org/10.37680/almikraj.v1i2.750

Gustanto, E. S., Asmuni, & Lubis, R. R. (2024). Religious Ethical Concepts with the Sharia Maqashid Approach Thaha Abd Al-Rahman Perspective. Bustanul Fuqaha : Journal of Islamic Law, 5(1), 212–224. https://doi.org/10.36701/bustanul.v5i1.1341.PENDAHULUAN

Habermas, J. (1987). The Theory of Communivative Action (2nd ed.). Polity Press. https://ia800507.us.archive.org/15/items/jurgen-habermas-religion-and-rationality-essays-on-reason-god-and-modernity/Jurgen Habermas - The Theory of Communicative Action%2C Vol. Two - Polity.pdf

Hajriana, H. (2018). The Relevance of Mohammed Arkoun's Thought in Islamic Education in Indonesia. SYAMIL: Journal of Islamic Education, 6(1), 23–38. https://doi.org/10.21093/sy.v6i1.988

HK., M. R. (2020). Read taha abdurrahman's thoughts on Islamic political ethics. In POLITICS: Journal of Islamic Politics (Vol. 3, Issue 2). https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/521693-none-e73e01a2.pdf

Ikhwan, A. (2003). INTEGRATION OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION (Islamic Values in Learning). Athleticism, 02(2), 179–194. https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/67712-ID-integrasi-pendidikan-islam-nilai-nilai-i.pdf

Malinova, M. (2021). “translation and modernity: ῾ abd ar-raḥmān ṭaha’s project of renewing islamic thought” m. March 2019, 163–172. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365794787_Translation_and_Modernity_Abd_ar-Rahman_Taha’s_Project_of_Renewing_Islamic_Thought/link/676d829e894c5520852b6d9d/download?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIn

Muntashir, M. S., & Attamimi, F. (2025). The Concept of Reason in Al-Ghazali's Thought and Its Relevance to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in the Era of Society 5 . 0. KIIIES 5.0, 1(1), 325–330. https://jurnal.uindatokarama.ac.id/index.php/kiiies50/article/download/4211/2075

Muslih, M. (2012). Contemporary Islamic Thought, Between Modes of Thought and Reading Models. Tsaqafah, 8(2), 347. https://doi.org/10.21111/tsaqafah.v8i2.28

Nasr, S. H. (2002). The Heart of Islam Enduring Values for Humanity Introduction to Islam.

Rabi'ah. (2023). THEORIES OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN DOCTRINAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL NORMATIVE APPROACHES,. TARBAWI : Journal of Education and Religion, 11(01), 1–17. https://journal.stitdarulhijrahmtp.ac.id/index.php/Tarbawi/article/download/70/pdf

Rofi, M. (2025). Journal of Madrasah Education. Journal of Madrasah Education, 10(1), 1–6. https://ejournal.uin-suka.ac.id/tarbiyah/JPM/article/download/12126/4268/41720

Rohmanu, A., & Rofiah, K. (2023). Ṭāhā ‘ Abd al-Raḥmān ’ s Philosophical Contribution to Theorize Ethical Maqāṣid. Al -Ahkam : Jurnal Pemikiran Hukum Islam, 33(2), 185–206. https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/ahkam/article/download/17527/5092/54081

Rusyadi, A., Azis, A., Amri, M., Ramadhanu, A., & Setyaningsih, R. (2025). Modern Western Epistimology. Religion and Philosophy Research, 4(2), 257–266. https://www.ijsrisjournal.com/index.php/ojsfiles/article/view/459/333

Somad, A., Syafe'i, M., Abdussalam, A., Syahidin, Anwar, S., Fakhruddin, A., & Surahman, C. (2016). Islamic Education Faces Global Challenges (First). Alqaprint Jatinagor.

Suyani, E., Lubis, L., Dhaarmawangsa, U., Islam, U., Sumatra, N., & Medan, U. (2025). Issues of Secularization in Islamic Education. Continuous Education: Journal of Science and Research, 6(2), 347–359. https://pusdikra-publishing.com/index.php/josr/article/download/2746/2139/8141

Syafiuddin, A., & Islam, P. K. (2018). THE INFLUENCE OF POWER OVER KNOWLEDGE (Understanding Michel Foucault's Theory of Power Relations) Arif Syafiuddin Fan of Islamic Studies, Mojokerto. Reflection, 18(2), 141–155. doi: https://doi.org/10.14421/ref.v18i2.1863

Syaifullah, R. (2021). The Relevance of Kh's Thought. Abdurrahman Wahid On Islamic Education in the Modern Era. Nusantara: Indonesian Journal of Education, 1(1), 57–76. https://journal.rumahindonesia.org/index.php/njpi/article/view/29#google_vignette

Viersen, H. (2023). Reconceptualization of the Authenticity – Modernity Paradigm. Religions, 14(2), 2–16. https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/14/2/225/notes

Unduhan

Diterbitkan

04-04-2026

Cara Mengutip

Apriliana, M. (2026). The Relevance of Taha Abdurrahman’s Islamic Education Thought to the Challenges of Modern Education: (Relevansi Pemikiran Pendidikan Islam Taha Abdurrahman terhadap Tantangan Pendidikan Modern). Journal of Islamic Education and Intellectual Discourse (JIED), 2(01), 64–77. https://doi.org/10.37304/jied.v2i01.24011

Terbitan

Bagian

Articles

Artikel Serupa

1 2 3 > >> 

Anda juga bisa Mulai pencarian similarity tingkat lanjut untuk artikel ini.