
Ep. 227: What Is Social Construction? (Hacking, Berger) (Part One)
The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast
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The Looping Effect of Human Kinds
In the political realm, the notion of social construction is more emotional. Part of it comes down to what you're saying actually exists. That actually existing part can be used negatively to say somebody or some group has an attribute as a result of which we're going to marginalize them. But by putting that word constructs out in front, one thing you can be doing is making a political statement. By adding that constructs word to within you undermine that.
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