Relevance

:This article discusses the philosophical concept of relevance. For other uses, see Relevance (disambiguation)

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Relevance is term used to describe how pertinent, connected, or applicable some information is to a given matter. During the 1960s, relevance became a fashionable buzzword, meaning roughly 'relevance to social concerns', such as racial equality, poverty, social justice, world hunger, world economic development, and so on. The implication was that, e.g., the study of medieval poetry and the practice of corporate law were not worthwhile because they did not address pressing social needs.

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1960s - Buzzword - Racial equality - Poverty - Social justice - World hunger - Economic development

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