FYI,
There's a new book on Alan Sokal's hoax (the "Toward a Transformative
Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity" paper he published in Social Texts a few
years ago). It's by the editors of Lingua Franca, the journal that published
his exposé of the hoax. Here's the Amazon.com info:
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The Sokal Hoax : The Sham That Shook the Academy
by The Editors of Lingua Franca (Editor)
List Price: $20.00
Our Price: $16.00
You Save: $4.00 (20%)
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Paperback - 288 pages (September 2000)
Bison Bks Corp; ISBN: 0803279957 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.66 x 9.05 x
6.05
Amazon.com Sales Rank: 41,265
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I paged through it at a bookstore yesterday. It includes the original
article, the Lingua Franca exposé, the Social Texts' editors' reply, the
letters to the editor received by Lingua Franca about the hoax, and the
responses of both US and international journalists (one from India was
particularly interesting).
Paul Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
