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Fashionable Nonsense

By Alan Sokal

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Fashionable Nonsense

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In 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text--an influential academic journal of cultural studies--touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern philosophy. Soon thereafter, the essay was revealed as a brilliant parody, a catalog of nonsense written in the cutting-edge but impenetrable lingo of postmodern theorists. The event sparked a furious debate in academic circles and made the headlines of newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. In Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science, Sokal and his fellow physicist Jean Bricmont expand from where the hoax left off. In a delightfully witty and clear voice, the two thoughtfully and thoroughly dismantle the pseudo-scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals. More generally, they challenge the widespread notion that scientific theories are mere "narrations" or social constructions.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
1999-10-29
Publication Date:
1999-10-29
Publisher:
Picador USA
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0312204078
ISBN13:
9780312204075
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
303 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
212 cm
Thickness:
22 cm

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