Binding: Hardcover
Description: 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.
Title: Fashionable Nonsense Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse Of Science
Author(s): Sokal Alan
Publisher: St Martin's Press
Barcode: 9780312204075
Pages: 300 Pages
Publication Date: 10/29/1999
Category: History Of Ideas