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The New Left and [[anti-incels]] are radical social constructionists, and hence simply dismiss arguments made by incels on grounds of evolutionary psychology or biology. | The New Left and [[anti-incels]] are radical social constructionists, and hence simply dismiss arguments made by incels on grounds of evolutionary psychology or biology. | ||
Social constructionism was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger and | Social constructionism was developed in the 1960s philosophers Berger, Luckmann, and later further developed somewhat in adjacency with the Frankfurt School e.g. by Michel Foucault. | ||
Berger saw an ongoing construction of new realities and "religions" as result of modernity and liberalization, departing from the ''traditional'' roles prescribed by religions. In Berger's words, liberalism was causing a "homelessness of the mind". | |||
Berger also lamented that parents decide reality for the next generation by ''institutionalizing'' their ''arbitrary knowledge''. | Berger also lamented that parents decide reality for the next generation by ''institutionalizing'' their ''arbitrary knowledge''. From there onward the philosophy became sillier over time, e.g. with Andrew Pickering's article on ''"Constructing Quarks: A Sociological History of Particle Physics"''. | ||
Social constructionism was later more or less ''rebranded'' as '''postmodernism'''. | Social constructionism was later more or less ''rebranded'' as '''postmodernism'''. | ||