Dec
18th
Thu
18th
Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity
physicist Alan Sokal’s notorious article, published in the Duke University journal Social Text in 1996. Sokal’s stated aim was to see if a journal in postmodern cultural studies would “publish an article liberally salted with nonsense if (a) it sounded good and (b) it flattered the editors’ ideological preconceptions.” You can read more about the Sokal Affair at wikipedia and the actual article at the link in the title.
