[lbo-talk] Theory Hotline

[dredmond at efn.org]

Quoting Brian Siano <siano at mail.med.upenn.edu>:


> the question was "What does 'socially constructed' mean?"

Stuff people built, knowingly or not. The cultural is constructed, the non-
cultural is construed. In between, there are these border-guards who stamp 
visas. 


> And it'd be nice to see 
> an example of something that _isn't_ socially constructed--

Rocks, dinosaurs, galaxies. Lots of cool stuff, actually.

-- DRR