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<p>This paper traces the rise and fall of “social construction” in sociology. I begin with a brief sketch of its roots in Kantian philosophy, as interpreted by Durkheim and Saussure, and its codification by Berger and Luckmann. I then use a dataset of roughly 350&#xa0;million words published in 115,000 articles across nineteen journals over 130 years to demonstrate the rise of social construction in the late-1960s, its peak around 2000, and the recent decline of the last fifteen years. I conclude with a discussion of possible explanations for this decline and suggest fruitful theoretical alternatives.</p>

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Is Reality Still Socially Constructed?

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    2026年3月19日

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  • John A. Bernau

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This paper traces the rise and fall of “social construction” in sociology. I begin with a brief sketch of its roots in Kantian philosophy, as interpreted by Durkheim and Saussure, and its codification by Berger and Luckmann. I then use a dataset of roughly 350 million words published in 115,000 articles across nineteen journals over 130 years to demonstrate the rise of social construction in the late-1960s, its peak around 2000, and the recent decline of the last fifteen years. I conclude with a discussion of possible explanations for this decline and suggest fruitful theoretical alternatives.