{"product_id":"9780312204075-fashionable-nonsense-postmodern-intellectuals-abuse-of-science","title":"Sokal Alan - Fashionable Nonsense Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse Of Science - Hardcover","description":"Binding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Fashionable Nonsense Postmodern Intellectuals Abuse Of Science\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Sokal Alan\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: St Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9780312204075\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 300 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 10\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: History Of Ideas","brand":"Sokal Alan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49594308264241,"sku":"IN-G-9780312204075","price":18.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9780312204075.jpg?v=1754876787","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9780312204075-fashionable-nonsense-postmodern-intellectuals-abuse-of-science","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}