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National scene: Magnis-Suseno wins another award
Pluralism icon Franz Magnis-Suseno, who is also a cultural observer, has won the 2015 Roosseno Award for his role in providing inspiration in the field of humanism
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luralism icon Franz Magnis-Suseno, who is also a cultural observer, has won the 2015 Roosseno Award for his role in providing inspiration in the field of humanism.
'In 2014, the Roosseno Award was given to Prof. Habibie for his expertise in science and technology, and now the same award has been presented to Prof. Franz Magnis-Suseno for his role in the field of humanism or socioculture and to acknowledge his expertise in the field of Javanese philosophy and ethics,' said Oktroi Roosseno Bureau president director Toeti Heraty N. Roosseno in Jakarta on Sunday.
The 2015 Roosseno Award was presented to Magnis-Suseno, who is a Catholic priest, in Jakarta on Saturday evening. The award was presented to the scholar based on an assessment by a team comprising Muslim intellectual Ahmad Syafi'i Maarif, University of Indonesia sociologist Tamrin Amal Tomagola, Paramadina University political analyst Yudi Latif and feminist and astronomer Karlina Supelli, who is also a philosopher and lecturer at the Driyarkara School of Philosophy.
'There are many similarities between Franz Magnis and Roosseno. They both loved traveling by motorbike and came from families divided by war,' said Toeti.
Roosseno Soerjohadikoesomo was widely known as the father of Indonesia's reinforced concrete construction system. Roosseno was the public works minister in 1953 in the Ali Sastroamidjojo Cabinet.
Ahmad Syafi'i said it was possible that Magnis-Suseno's commitment to Indonesia went beyond the devotion of average Indonesians to their country.
