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'''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'' (including social roles, common sense) and thus reality itself is ''socially constructed'' to various degrees.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref> | '''Social constructionism''' holds that ''all knowledge'' (including social roles, common sense) and thus reality itself is ''socially constructed'' to various degrees.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionism#Berger_and_Luckmann</ref> | ||
Even the RationalWiki admits that social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | Even the RationalWiki admits that social constructionist view is silly in its extreme form.<ref>https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Social_constructionism</ref> | ||
As such, social constructionism borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. | As such, social constructionism borders [[Lockianism]], i.e. it falls toward the nurture end of the spectrum in the nature and nurture debate. | ||
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==Critique== | ==Critique== | ||
The new left has | The new left has adopted extreme social constructionist views that gender, race, beauty, class, hierarchy, disability, even the scientific method, are only or predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]] or objectively true. | ||
The new left has also adopted the [[politically correctness|politically correct]], [[Lockianism|Lockianist]] and factually wrong belief that humans are for the most part ''blank slates'' and ''infinitely malleable''. A famous critic of ''blank slatery'' is [[Steven Pinker]]. | |||
Opponents of the new left, such as [[Jordan Peterson]], conceive of social constructionism to be philosophically rooted in a [[Marxism|Marxist and resentful]] pessimism that aforementioned perceived "social constructions" would be the roots of most evil, invented by powerful [[men|evil people]] as a means of oppression. | |||
Such quasi-Marxist beliefs are thought 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> | Such quasi-Marxist beliefs are thought to be driven by a tremendous conviction of 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> | ||
Some suggested this philosophy has been pushed to actually destabilize society and elicit a Marxist revolution. | |||
Social constructivism and postmodernism have been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people | Traditionalists like Peterson claim to the contrary, that culturally evolved social norms and traditions, what Berger named ''institutionalized'' knowledge, is actually valuable, e.g. relieves the individual from having to figure out the uncountably many ways of making mistakes on its own, and instead drawing on a wealth of prior experience. | ||
Social constructivism and postmodernism have generally been criticized for providing ideological foundations for cranks and pretentious people. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||