Abstract: In this paper the main attempt of the author is to focus on different factors which led to growth of the writing of Social History which is often known as New Social History. Usually, Nature of the writing history largely depends on the personality of the writer or historian. At the same time, it is obvious that the historians are influenced by the contemporary context or situation. That means whenever someone writes something of a specific area or incident, it is quite impossible to avoid certain circumstances or remarkable incident which surrounds him. The Contemporary times indirectly affects the historian's own belief, thought process and ideology or his life of philosophy. While talking about historiography of 20' century there was a watershed of historical writing before and after the 2nd world war. So, in this context the author will focus on how World War II become a watershed and paved the way to flourish a new mind set which allows the intellectuals to write ‘history from Below ‘.
Keywords: World War, life of philosophy, history from below, intellectuals, New social History.
Title: The development of the concept of New Social History: An Overview
Author: Swarnim Hingmang
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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