{"tema_id":"1774","string":"Social being","created":"2022-10-17 15:33:24","code":null,"notes":[{"@type":"Definition note","@lang":"en-US","@value":"A term to replace the use of \u2018man\u2019, \u2018human\u2019 and challenge epistemic control of the nature of being that allows subalternisation.\u00a0 Social being is a translation of \u2018an-naas\u2019, a Quranic concept usually mistranslated as \u2018man\u2019, \u2018human\u2019 in modern translation sthat internalise gendered, otherising discourses within European\u00a0 discourses.\u00a0 \u2018Social being\u2019 comes from the roots of \u00e1n-naas\u2019 and undermines the idea that otherisation of fellow social beings is possible.\u00a0 All are socially interconnected by their state of being \u2013 no \u2018man\u2019or \u2018human\u2019 can deny another\u2019s \u2018humanity\u2019 or worth within a universal understanding of being.\nSource: https:\/\/decolonialityeurope.wixsite.com\/decoloniality\/key-concepts "}]}