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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.Now 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. At once provocative and measured, Fashionable Nonsense is a passionate defense of science and sense.
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Fashionable Nonsense, Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
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- Pubblicato
- 1998
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- Titolo
- Fashionable Nonsense
- Sottotitolo
- Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
- Editore
- Picador USA
- Pubblicato
- 1998
- Formato
- Copertina rigida
- Pagine
- 300
- ISBN10
- 0312195451
- ISBN13
- 9780312195458
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Tematica filosofica, Politica, Filosofia, Scienza, Psicologia, USA, Sociologia, Critica, Filosofia della scienza
- Descrizione
- 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.Now 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. At once provocative and measured, Fashionable Nonsense is a passionate defense of science and sense.