Social Constructionism: Consciousness-Raising

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The aim of this essay is to consider whether the theory and practice of Social constructionism can be understood as consciousness-raising. Social constructionism revealed the unreliability of pure science, and questioned the existence of natural facts, in order to present how social world are constructed by human action and interaction. Firstly, why knowledge is doubted as product of bias will be briefly outlined. At the same time, Durkheim’ and Marx’s points will be considered and compared with social constructionism’ theory. The second part of the analysis will use feminism as a consideration to state how social constructionism’s theory involves value judgment, and how its practices are related to political interests. Finally, this essay