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'''Social constructionism''' is | '''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'', including social roles, common sense and reality itself, merely emerges from social interactions, and is hence ''socially constructed''. | ||
Social interactions and polarization are thought to lead to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of ''fixed'' social roles. | |||
Early authors saw this as result of modernity and liberalization, causing people to create their own religions and realities (related to [[postmodernism]]), departing from the ''traditional'' roles prescribed by religions. | |||
Early authors lamented that parents decide reality for the next generation by ''institutionalizing'' their ''arbitrary knowledge''. | |||
The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann. Berger saw liberalism as causing a "homelessness of the mind" | The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann. Berger saw liberalism as causing a "homelessness of the mind". | ||
Related dynamics can be | Related dynamics can be observed in the [[anti-incels]]/[[incels]] polarization, where firmly entrenched memes and roles create polarization over time and define each other's actions in online forums. The social roles of modern blackpill and [[anti-incel]] forums become codified almost to the point of [[incels.co|subcultural]], [[anti-incels|not traditionally moral]], and [[blackpill|quasi-religious]] activity. | ||
==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ==Colloquial/pejorative meaning and critique== | ||
Today, and somewhat diverging from the original definition, ''social constructivism'' is mostly used by critics of the new left, who critics regard as having adopted extreme | Today, and somewhat diverging from the original definition, ''social constructivism'' is mostly used by critics of the new left, who critics regard as having adopted extreme | ||
[[Lockianism|Lockianist]], [[postmodernism|postmodernist]] assumptions that gender, race, beauty, class, and disability are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]], and a [[politically correctness|politically correct]] belief that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable''. Critics such as [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]] accuse these "postmodern social constructionists" of a [[Marxism|resentful]] and pessimist assumption that aforementioned perceived "social constructions" would be the roots of most evil, invented by powerful [[men|evil people]] as a means of oppression. Critics see such quasi-Marxist beliefs to be driven by a tremendous moral superiority and a naive expectation that by e.g. breaking down gender roles, one can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofiOCIWnCY</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7vmHwfCdg</ref> Another famous critic of blank slatery is [[Steven Pinker]]. | [[Lockianism|Lockianist]], [[postmodernism|postmodernist]] assumptions that gender, race, beauty, class, and disability are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]], and a [[politically correctness|politically correct]] belief that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable''. Critics such as [[Jordan Peterson]] and other [[tradcon|tradcons]] accuse these "postmodern social constructionists", who they see philosophically rooted in [[Marxism]], of a [[Marxism|resentful]] and pessimist assumption that aforementioned perceived "social constructions" would be the roots of most evil, invented by powerful [[men|evil people]] as a means of oppression. Critics see such quasi-Marxist beliefs to be driven by a tremendous moral superiority and a naive expectation that by e.g. breaking down gender roles, one can achieve a more harmonious society, even utopia.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vofiOCIWnCY</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm7vmHwfCdg</ref> | ||
They instead hold that culturally evolved social norms are valuable, e.g. relieving the individual from having to figure out the uncountably many ways of making mistakes. | |||
Another famous critic of blank slatery is [[Steven Pinker]]. | |||
Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people, because critics see it as giving too much credence to ideas that are not rooted in reality, e.g. postmodernism regards all views of reality as equally valid. This is thought to be driven by a [[Marxism|Marxist]] intuition and pessimism that leading assumptions about reality (such as about gender, race and human hierarchies) are corrupt, destructive and oppressive. | Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people, because critics see it as giving too much credence to ideas that are not rooted in reality, e.g. postmodernism regards all views of reality as equally valid. This is thought to be driven by a [[Marxism|Marxist]] intuition and pessimism that leading assumptions about reality (such as about gender, race and human hierarchies) are corrupt, destructive and oppressive. | ||