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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science

by Alan Sokal

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ISBN13: 9780312204075
ISBN10: 0312204078
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In 1996, Alan Sokal published an essay in the hip intellectual magazine Social Text parodying the scientific but impenetrable lingo of contemporary theorists. Here, Sokal teams up with Jean Bricmont to expose the abuse of scientific concepts in the writings of today's most fashionable postmodern thinkers. From Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva to Luce Irigaray and Jean Baudrillard, the authors document the errors made by some postmodernists using science to bolster their arguments and theories. Witty and closely reasoned, Fashionable Nonsense dispels the notion that scientific theories are mere "narratives" or social constructions, and explored the abilities and the limits of science to describe the conditions of existence.

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In a delightfully witty and clear voice, the authors thoughtfully and thoroughly dismantle the pseudo-scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-295) and index.
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Alan Sokal is a professor of physics at New York University.

Jean Bricmont is a theoretical physicist with the Université de Louvaine in Belgium.

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ISBN:
9780312204075
Subtitle:
Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
Other:
Sokal, Alan
Author:
Sokal, Alan
Author:
Bricmont, Jean
Publisher:
Picador USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Philosophy
Subject:
Science
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Modern
Subject:
Philosophy & Social Aspects
Subject:
Metaphysics
Subject:
History & Surveys - Modern
Subject:
Science -- Philosophy.
Copyright:
1997
Edition Description:
First Picador USA paperback ed.
Series Volume:
42
Publication Date:
October 1999
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
8.28x5.55x.84 in. .67 lbs.
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