Sains Keterlestarian Mengikut Perspektif Melayu Pra-Islam dan Melayu Islam (Sustainability Science in Pre-Islamic Malay and Islamic Malay Perspective)

Abstract

The nature of science of sustainability is studied based on an etymological study of the Malay word lestari and the English word sustain. The results are confronted with the meaning of present knowledge and scope of the subject and highlighted their differences. Since ekonomi/economics and matematik/mathematics have been involved deeply in sustainability, the historical development of the meanings and scopes of the two sciences are also examined both in the Malayonesian and the Anglo-Western civilization which include the etymological study of the two sciences. The purpose is to show the changing nature of their respective meanings and scopes of the two subjects and hence closely related to the nature of the science of sustainability. Until now, it is shown that the present economics and mathematics could not resolve issues in the sustainability. This lead to a need for a better definition and formulation of economic and mathematical theories geared towards a better definition of sustainability and hence hopefully resolve many existing issues in the letter subject.

Keywords: sustainability, etymology, the nature of economics, the nature of mathematics, civilizational studies

Abstrak

Tabii bidang ilmu keterlestarian dikaji daripada sudut etimologi perkataan lestari dan sustain itu. Kajian etimologi ini dipadankan dengan makna sepintas lalu ilmu-ilmu lain yang membayangkan kewujudan ilmu-ilmu itu di dalam ilmu keterlestarian sambil membongkar perbezaan semantiknya. Oleh sebab ekonomi dan matematik kini juga berada di dalam wacana keterlestarian, maka perincian asal mula ilmu ekonomi dan matematik di dalam tamadun Malayonesia dan Barat-Inggeris termasuk etimologi dua ilmu ini dipaparkan dengan tujuan memperlihatkan perubahan makna dan skopnya ilmu-ilmu ini di dalam alur sejarahnya yang memang akrab pula dengan perubahan tabii sains keterlestarian. Sehingga kini ditunjukkan yang nyatanya ekonomi dan matematik kini tidak mampu meleraikan isu-isu yang ada di dalam konsep keterlestarian. Ini membawa kepada isu keperluan memperbaiki takrif dan teori ekonomi dan matematik di samping keperluan memperbaiki lagi takrif keterlestarian.

Kata kunci: Keterlestarian, etimologi, sifat ekonomi, sifat matematik, kajian ketamadunan