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Fashionable nonsense : postmodern intellectuals' abuse of science

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. Fashionable Nonsense dispels the notion that scientific theories are mere "narratives" or social constructions, and explores the abilities and the limits of science to describe the conditions of existence. --from publisher description.

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  • "Impostures intellectuelles"@it
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  • "When it was published in France, this book shocked the philosophers of the Left Bank with its plain-speaking attack on some of France's greatest minds."
  • "Des textes illustrant les mystifications physico-mathématiques d'auteurs français qui jouissent d'un grand prestige aux USA, tels que J. Lacan, J. Kristeva, L. Irigaray, B. Latour, J. Baudrillard, G. Deleuze, F. Guattari, P. Virilio. Cette satire, signée par deux physiciens, entend montrer que, derrière un jargon imposant et une érudition scientifique apparente, le roi est nu."
  • "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. Fashionable Nonsense dispels the notion that scientific theories are mere "narratives" or social constructions, and explores the abilities and the limits of science to describe the conditions of existence. --from publisher description."@en
  • "In 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in Social Text--an influential academic journal of cultural studies--touting the deep similarities between quantum gravitational theory and postmodern philosophy. Soon thereafter, the essay was revealed as a brilliant parody, a catalog of nonsense written in the cutting-edge but impenetrable lingo of postmodern theorists. The event sparked a furious debate in academic circles and made the headlines of newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. Now 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. More generally, they challenge the widespread notion that scientific theories are mere "narrations" or social constructions."@en

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