Semiotic Analysis of Qur’anic Environmental Ethics: A Julia Kristevan Approach to Ecological Responsibility
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https://doi.org/10.14804/daqiyah.v1i1.102Keywords:
Ecological Awareness, Ecotheology, Environmental Ethics, Kristeva’s Semiotics, Qur’anic InterpretationAbstract
In the face of the global ecological crisis, the understanding of environmental ethics in the Qur’an has often been limited to normative and legal aspects. This study aims to reveal the symbolic and affective dimensions in Qur’anic verses related to environmental ethics using Julia Kristeva’s semiotic approach. The research uses a qualitative descriptive method with text analysis of the Qur’an through the concepts of phenotext, genotext, and chora. The results show that the Qur’an teaches environmental ethics that are not only normative but also intuitive and affective, shaping a deeper ecological awareness. This study contributes theoretically by presenting a new approach in Qur’anic exegesis on ecotheology, opening emotional and spiritual dimensions in understanding ecological responsibility. The originality of this research lies in the application of Kristeva’s semiotic theory to interpret environmental ethics in the Qur’an.
Abstrak
Dalam menghadapi krisis ekologis global, pemahaman etika lingkungan dalam Al-Qur’an seringkali terbatas pada aspek normatif dan hukum. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap dimensi simbolik dan afektif dalam ayat-ayat Al-Qur’an terkait etika lingkungan dengan menggunakan pendekatan semiotika Julia Kristeva. Metode yang digunakan adalah kualitatif deskriptif dengan analisis teks Al-Qur’an melalui konsep fenoteks, genoteks, dan chora. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Al-Qur’an mengajarkan etika lingkungan yang tidak hanya normatif tetapi juga intuitif dan afektif, membentuk kesadaran ekologis yang lebih mendalam. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi teoretis dengan menyajikan pendekatan baru dalam tafsir Al-Qur’an terkait ekoteologi, membuka dimensi emosional dan spiritual dalam memahami tanggung jawab ekologis. Kebaruan penelitian ini terletak pada aplikasi teori semiotika Kristeva untuk menafsirkan etika lingkungan dalam Al-Qur’an.
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