The Importance of Postcolonialism in Learning History Amid the Challenges of Globalization

Abstract

Social change in the context of social deviations that occur in the community is a necessity
all the time. The relativeity of deviant behavior encourages social control by the
government. Regularity is the standard of social welfare. So education as one of the social
control institutions is preventiv in responding to various changes in the era of globalization.
Education development, especially historical learning is a form of acculturation of
modernism and local genius community. So in the frame of poskoloniality, Historical
learning actually leads to peace building. So western colonialism can be viewed as a form
of colonialism that stimulates the development of critical intellectuals which in the era of
global cultural hegemony determine the quality of national education. So the ideal historical
lesson will be born when perception is built from the "we" perspective. Thus such
poskolonialitas will lead to the achievement of social welfare of society at large.
Keywords: historical lesson, poscoloniality, global culture