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Later, the New Left have adopted more 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]]. Furthermore, they also argue that regardless of human origin of knowledge, most human behaviour should be individually determined, which Berger and Luckmann argued *is not possible*. | Later, the New Left have adopted more 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]]. Furthermore, they also argue that regardless of human origin of knowledge, most human behaviour should be individually determined, which Berger and Luckmann argued *is not possible*. | ||
Opponents of the New Left, such as [[Jordan Peterson]], believe 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. | Opponents of the New Left, such as [[Jordan Peterson]], believe social constructionism itself 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 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> | 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. | Some suggested this philosophy has been pushed to actually destabilize society and elicit a Marxist revolution. | ||