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Beyond the Hoax (häftad, eng)

Beyond the Hoax (häftad, eng)

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In 1996, Alan Sokal, a Professor of Physics at New York University, wrote a paper for the cultural-studies journal Social Text, entitled ''Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity''. It was reviewed, 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 is one of the most powerful voices in the continuing debate about the status of evidence-based knowledge. In Beyond the Hoax he turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life.

''Whether my targets are the postmodernists of the left, the fundamentalists of the right, or the muddle-headed of all political and apolitical stripes, the bottom line is 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.'' The book also includes a hugely illuminating annotated text of the Hoax itself, and a reflection on the furore it provoked.


Format Häftad Omfång 488 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Oxford University Press Utgivningsdatum 2010-02-11 ISBN 9780199561834

Artikel.nr.

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Egenskaper

Skrivet av

Alan Sokal

Antal sidor

488 sidor

Språkversion

Engelska

Utgivare

Oxford University Press

Släpp datum

11/02/2010

Föreslagen målgrupp

Alla

Minsta orderkvantitet

1 styck

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

9780199561834

Beyond the Hoax (häftad, eng)

269 kr

269 kr

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Tis, 6 maj - ons, 7 maj


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