Politik Identitas Dikaji Dari Perspektif Sosio-Historis Pembentukan Identitas Nasional Indonesia: -

This article examines the rise of identity politics in Indonesia from the socio-historical perspective of the formation of Indonesian National Identity. Although since the reform era, the fundamental practices of Democracy, such as direct presidential and regional head elections, freedom of expression, and freedom of the press, have been accommodated in the constitution. Decentralization of power is reduced by the Regional Autonomy Law, which divides political authority into central and regional levels. However, at the same time, ethnic and religious-based identity politics have also resurfaced. That is indicated by the occurrence of ethnic and religious conflicts in several regions in Indonesia, the efforts of some Islamic fundamentalist groups to replace the ideology of Pancasila with the ideology of the caliphate, and the use of ethnic and religious-based identity politics in political contestation of power. This research uses a qualitative approach using a literature study. The author argues that studied from the socio-historical perspective of the formation of Indonesia's national identity based on Pancasila, identity politics is contrary to the nature of Indonesian nationality, which was formed not because of the homogeneity of the people but from the plurality of people who agreed to form a common identity as the Indonesian nation based on Pancasila.