9780312204075-0312204078-Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science

Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science

ISBN-13: 9780312204075
ISBN-10: 0312204078
Edition: First Edition
Author: Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 320 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780312204075
ISBN-10: 0312204078
Edition: First Edition
Author: Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Picador
Format: Paperback 320 pages

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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (ISBN-13: 9780312204075 and ISBN-10: 0312204078), written by authors Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont, was published by Picador in 1999. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other History & Philosophy (Criticism, Philosophy, Metaphysics, Modern, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History & Philosophy books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.34.

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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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