{"product_id":"9781466862401","title":"Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1996 physicist Alan Sokal published an essay in \u003ci\u003eSocial Text\u003c\/i\u003e--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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in \u003ci\u003eFashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164057944304,"sku":"9781466862401","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466862401_p0.jpg?v=1769891609","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466862401","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}