Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science [English Edition] 0312195451, 9780312195458

In 1996 Physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text -- an influential academic journal of cultural studies --

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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals’ Abuse of Science [English Edition]
0312195451, 9780312195458

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Alan D. Sokal
Jean Bricmont

Table of contents :
Front Cover......Page 1
Front Jacket......Page 2
Title Page......Page 7
Contents......Page 11
Preface to the English Edition......Page 13
1 . Introduction......Page 21
2. Jacques Lacan......Page 38
3. Julia Kristeva......Page 58
4. Intermezzo: Epistemic Relativism in the Philosophy of Science......Page 70
5. Luce Irigaray......Page 126
6. Bruno Latour......Page 144
7. Intermezzo: Chaos Theory and “Postmodern Science......Page 154
8. Jean Baudrillard......Page 167
9. Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari......Page 174
10. Paul Virilio......Page 189
11. Godel’s Theorem and Set Theory: Some Examples of Abuse......Page 196
12. Epilogue......Page 202
A. Transgressing the Boundaries:Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity......Page 232
B. Some Comments on the Parody......Page 279
C. Transgressing the Boundaries: An Afterword......Page 288
Bibliography......Page 301
Index......Page 317
Back Jacket......Page 327
Back Cover......Page 328

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