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Re: the arrogance of postmodern mumbo jumbo
Len Piotrowski (lpiotrow@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
Tue, 17 Sep 1996 13:07:45 GMT
In article <323E11CF.67EB@megafauna.com> Stephen Barnard <steve@megafauna.com> writes:
>[snip]
>Stephen Barnard wrote:
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>> In May, 1996 Alan Sokal, a physicist at NYU, published a paper in
>> _Social_Text_, a leading journal of cultural studies. The title of this
>> paper was "Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative
>> Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity."
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>> It was transparent bullshit, or a brilliant parody, depending on your
>> point of view. Sokal's intention was to see whether such a journal
>> would accept this parody at face value, just because it parroted the
>> required postmodern jargon and reached the politically correct
>> conclusions that the editors liked.
>>
>I'm still waiting for a representative of the campus left to reply to
>this. The silence is deafening.
> Steve Barnard
Dear Stephen,
Just what is it you're waiting for? Your self-absorbed anticipation of the
great non-event is perplexing. Perhaps you have a point to make besides
sustained effect?
Cheers,
--Lenny__
"If you can't remember what mnemonic means, you've got a problem."
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