Sokal and bricmont examine the canon of french postmodernists lacan, kristeva, baudrillard, irigaray, latour, virilio, deleuze and guattari and systematically expose their abuse of science. When it was published in britain, it provoked impassioned debate. She writes the psychangeling and guild hunter series. Alan sokals writings on science, philosophy and culture. If you are interested in purchasing or ordering books from wileyiste in wholesale, as a bulk buy or multiple copies with a discount, please contact us for a price quote. Sokal border historical region, eastern europe britannica. Alan sokal is professor of physics at new york university. But on what grounds can believers presume to know that these assertions are true. Distinguished professor emeritus at the stony brook university, sokal was a member of the national academy of sciences and the american academy of arts and sciences.
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