Discourse on the Struggle of Ideology if the Balinese in Ancient Bali A Critical Discourse Analysis

This paper is a description of the ideological struggle in the spirituality of the Balinese people of the Old Bali which is articulated through discourse as a discursive. The choice of topic in this paper departs from an impression about the characteristics of Balinese society which is represented as having closeness, harmony, and stability in the realm of spirituality, instead experiencing ideological struggles in spirituality since the Ancient Bali Period. The phenomenon of textuality is elaborated as a problem through this paper which includes the form and the implications of ideological struggle in the spirituality of the Balinese people of Ancient Bali. The explanation of the variables in this paper uses critical Foucauldian theory. The results of this study indicate that the form of ideological struggle in spirituality since the Ancient Bali Period includes spiritual community development and absorption of spiritual cognition. Meanwhile, the implications of the struggle include the legitimacy of the Tri Murthi ideology in the spirituality of the Balinese people and the marginalization of traditional spirituality