In 1996, Alan Sokal, a Professor of Physics at New York University, wrote a paper for the cultural-studies journal Social Text, entitled 'Transgressing theBoundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity'. It wasreviewed, accepted and published. Sokal immediately confessed that the whole article was a hoax - a cunningly worded paper designed to expose and parody the style of extreme postmodernist criticism of science. The story became front-page news around the world and triggered fierce and wide-ranging controversy. Sokal continues to be one of the most powerful voices in the continuing debateabout the status of evidence-based knowledge. This is an intelligent and lucidly-written examination of the role of evidence and the misuse of information,spanning science, philosophy, politics and religion. The book also includes ahugely illuminating annotated text of the Hoax itself, and a reflection on the furore it provoked
- ISBN: 978-0-19-956183-4
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 486
- Fecha Publicación: 28/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés