When physicist Alan Sokal revealed that his 1996 article, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity," published in Social Text , was a hoax, the ensuing scandal made the front page of the New York Times and caused an uproar amongst the post-modernists he had so hilariously--and convincingly--parodied. Here Sokal revisits this remarkable chapter in our intellectual history to illuminate issues that are with us even more pressingly today than they were a decade ago.
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When physicist Alan Sokal revealed that his 1996 article, "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity," published in Social Text , was a hoax, the ensuing scandal made the front page of the New York Times and caused an uproar amongst the post-modernists he had so hilariously--and convincingly--parodied. Here Sokal revisits this remarkable chapter in our intellectual history to illuminate issues that are with us even more pressingly today than they were a decade ago.
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New. 2009. 1st Edition. Paperback. Alan Sokal, best-known for his role in the 'Sokal Hoax', here turns his attention to a new set of targets-pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. He argues that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFC; JFHX; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 840......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
