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Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (UK: Intellectual Impostures), first published in French in 1997 as Impostures intellectuelles, is a book by physicists Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont. [1] As part of the so-called science wars, Sokal and Bricmont criticize postmodernism in academia for the misuse of scientific and ...
- Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont, N. David Mermin
- 1997
Oct 19, 2010 · Fashionable nonsense : postmodern intellectuals' abuse of science. by. Sokal, Alan D., 1955-; Bricmont, J. (Jean) Publication date. 1998. Topics. Science, Postmodernisme, Misbruik, Natuurwetenschappen, Jargon, Kritik, Naturwissenschaften, Philosophie, Postmoderne. Publisher. New York : Picador USA. Collection. internetarchivebooks; printdisabled.
In Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science, Sokal and his fellow physicist Jean Bricmont expand from where the hoax left off. In a delightfully witty and clear voice, the two thoughtfully and thoroughly dismantle the pseudo-scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals.
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Jan 14, 2014 · In Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science, Sokal and his fellow physicist Jean Bricmont expand from where the hoax left off. In a delightfully witty and clear voice, the two thoughtfully and thoroughly dismantle the pseudo-scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals.
Oct 1, 1997 · Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science. Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont. 3.90. 2,148 ratings203 reviews. In 1996, Alan Sokal published an essay in the hip intellectual magazine Social Text parodying the scientific but impenetrable lingo of contemporary theorists.
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In Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science, Sokal and his fellow physicist Jean Bricmont expand from where the hoax left off. In a delightfully witty and clear voice, the two thoughtfully and thoroughly dismantle the pseudo-scientific writings of some of the most fashionable French and American intellectuals.
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