A term to replace the use of ‘man’, ‘human’ and challenge epistemic control of the nature of being that allows subalternisation.  Social being is a translation of ‘an-naas’, a Quranic concept usually mistranslated as ‘man’, ‘human’ in modern translation sthat internalise gendered, otherising discourses within European  discourses.  ‘Social being’ comes from the roots of án-naas’ and undermines the idea that otherisation of fellow social beings is possible.  All are socially interconnected by their state of being – no ‘man’or ‘human’ can deny another’s ‘humanity’ or worth within a universal understanding of being.

Source: https://decolonialityeurope.wixsite.com/decoloniality/key-concepts