{"product_id":"fashionable-nonsense-alan-sokal-9780312204075","title":"Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in \u003ci\u003eSocial Text\u003c\/i\u003e--an influential academic journal of cultural studies--touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern philosophy. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science\u003c\/i\u003e, 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312204078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312204075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.55w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/1999 pg. 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/1999 pg. 104","brand":"Alan Sokal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052073382143,"sku":"9780312204075","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1a80c17-e29d-4e88-bfc7-9a5359cbfa02.jpg?v=1685016805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fashionable-nonsense-alan-sokal-9780312204075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}