The Social Construction of What? Stephen Leston the exiled Thane of Icthyll

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The Social Construction of What? Stephen Leston the exiled Thane of IcthyllLost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A theory? Each entails a different notion of social construction, Ian Hacking reminds us. His book explores an array of examples to reveal the deep issues underlying contentious accounts of reality. Especially troublesome in this dispute is the status of the