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history or history from below - social realism - social sciences
- socialism - sociology The adjective "social" implies that the
verb or noun to which it is applied is somehow more
communicative, cooperative, and moderated by contact with human
beings, than if it were omitted. That is, it implies that larger
society has played some role in defining the idea or the
principle. For instance terms like social realism, social
justice, social constructivism, social psychology and social
capital imply that there is some social process is involved or
considered that is not there in regular, "non-social", realism,
justice, constructivism, psychology, or capital. It is sometimes
applied in right-wing politics as a pejorative, that is, to
imply that the idea or concept is inferior for having undergone
this social process, which might be seen to be compromising. As
if to validate this perception, in left-wing politics the
adjective "social" is often taken to