| Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science Contributor(s): Sokal, Alan (Author), Bricmont, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312204078 ISBN-13: 9780312204075 Publisher: Picador USA OUR PRICE: $20.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1999 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Criticism |
| Dewey: 501 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 5.55" W x 8.28" (0.67 lbs) 320 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bricmont, Jean: - Jean Bricmont is a theoretical physicist with the Université de Louvaine in Belgium. |