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The theory was formalized 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 human behavior or modernity’’’, but were rather attempting to be descriptive. Furthermore, they did not make many claims about the validity of non-social causes of behavior. The main proponents of social constructionism, saw liberalism as causing a | The theory was formalized 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 human behavior or modernity’’’, but were rather attempting to be descriptive. Furthermore, they did not make many claims about the validity of non-social causes of behavior. The main proponents of social constructionism, saw liberalism as causing a | ||
==Critique== | ==Evolution and Critique== | ||
Social constructivism borrows from Kantianism constructivism, however Kant believed that categorical organisation in the mind which was more naturally constructed rather than socially constructed. | Social constructivism borrows from Kantianism constructivism, however Kant believed that categorical organisation in the mind which was more naturally constructed rather than socially constructed.<ref>https://philosophyterms.com/constructivism/</ref> | ||
Some of the new left have adopted extreme social constructionist views that gender, race, [[beauty]], class, hierarchy, disability, even the scientific method, are predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]] or objectively true, seemingly largely driven by [[politically correctness|politically correct]]. A famous critic of blank slatery and political correctness is [[Steven Pinker]]. | Some of the new left have adopted extreme social constructionist views that gender, race, [[beauty]], class, hierarchy, disability, even the scientific method, are predominantly ''socially constructed'' rather than [[biological essentialism|biological]] or objectively true, seemingly largely driven by [[politically correctness|politically correct]]. A famous critic of blank slatery and political correctness is [[Steven Pinker]]. | ||