{"product_id":"fashionable-nonsense-postmodern-intellectuals-abuse-of-science","title":"Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854210351330,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-06-2-9.90-22","price":40.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_21_v9sDq7AX0.jpg?v=1780448255","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/en-ca\/products\/fashionable-nonsense-postmodern-intellectuals-abuse-of-science","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}