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When Sokal revealed in the pages of Lingua Franca that he had written the article as a parody, the story hit the front page of the New York Times. It set off a national debate still raging today: Are scholars in the humanities trapped in a jargon-ridden Wonderland? Are scientists deluded in thinking their work is objective? Are literature professors suffering from science envy? Was Sokal's joke funny? Was the Enlightenment such a bad thing after all? And isn't it a little bit true that the meaning of gravity is contingent upon your cultural perspective?
Collected here for the first time are Sokal's original essay on "quantum gravity," his essay revealing the hoax, the newspaper articles that broke the story, and the angry op-eds, letters, and e-mail exchanges sparked by the hoax from intellectuals across the country, including Stanley Fish, George F. Will, Michael Bérubé, and Katha Pollitt. Also included are extended essays in which a wide range of scholars ponder the long-term lessons of the hoax.
Author: Lingua Franca
ISBN-10: 0803279957
ISBN-13: 9780803279957
Publisher: Bison Books
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2000
Pages: 271
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.00w x 0.58d
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2000 pg. 1408
Library Journal 12/01/2000 pg. 167
Choice 02/01/2001 pg. 1101
Scitech Book News 03/01/2001 pg. 16
Library Journal 12/20/2000
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