Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
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| Management number | 237300344 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | US$5.82 | Model Number | 237300344 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0312204078 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0312204075 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Picador |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.76 x 8.25 inches |
| Item Weight | 2.31 pounds |
| Print length | 320 pages |
| Publication date | October 29, 1999 |
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