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'''Social constructionists''' believe that humans develop hardened | '''Social constructionists''' believe that humans develop hardened conceptualization of each other actions over time, which leads to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of overly fixed social roles. | ||
The theory was created by the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann, who both saw modernity and the liberalization of traditional institutions as causing people to have loose moral moorings and to | This can be seen in the [[anti-incels]]/[[incels]] polarization, where firmly entrenched memes and roles create a split over time and define each others actions within forums. The social roles of modern blackpill and [[anti-incel]] forums become codified almost to the point of [[incels.co|subcultural]] and [[anti-incels|not traditionally moral]] and [[blackpill|quasi-religious]] activity. | ||
Ironically, many social constructionists find ''themselves'' forming hardened worldviews as a consequence of the polarization with their intellectual opponents. This leads them to extreme assumptions such as that gender, race, class, and disability are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than a result of evolution, and that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable''. | |||
This is accompanied by a feeling of moral superiority, [[Marxism|resentment]] and pessimism, and an expectation by accepting this we can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia. | |||
The theory was created by the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann, who both saw modernity and the liberalization of traditional institutions as causing people to have loose moral moorings and to create their own religions. Their books not dedicated exclusively to social constructionism mainly dealt with non-traditional religion. They did not have a prescriptive stance towards modernity, but were rather descriptive. The main proponents of social constructionism, saw liberalism as causing a | |||
{{Quote|"homelessness of the mind."|Berger}} | {{Quote|"homelessness of the mind."|Berger}} | ||
== | ==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ||
Colloquially, social constructivism also means [[Moral Relativism]], [[Lockianism|Lockian philosophy]], and/or [[gender relativism]], and is sometimes used almost synonymously with [[postmodernism]], e.g. by [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]]. All of these terms are being used as fairly far away from the original or academic meanings of the term, except for the commonality that they see nurture as more important than nature. | |||
Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||