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'''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'', including social roles, common sense and reality itself, is merely ''socially constructed''. | '''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'', including social roles, common sense and reality itself, is merely ''socially constructed''. | ||
Social interactions and polarization are thought to lead to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of ''fixed'' social roles. As such it borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. | Social interactions and polarization are thought to lead to habitual [[LARP|role-playing]] of ''fixed'' social roles. As such, it borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. | ||
The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann. | The theory was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and Luckmann.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref> | ||
These authors saw the construction of new realities and religions as result of modernity and liberalization, departing from the ''traditional'' roles prescribed by religions. | These authors saw the construction of new realities and religions as result of modernity and liberalization, departing from the ''traditional'' roles prescribed by religions. | ||
Berger saw liberalism as causing a "homelessness of the mind". | Berger saw liberalism as causing a "homelessness of the mind". | ||