[lbo-talk] Conversation with Derrida

[wrobert at uci.edu]

I was giving this some thought, and as far as I can tell, Sokal doesn't
actually engage with anyone involved in the field ('science studies'). 
Certainly none of the figures critiqued in Fashionable Nonsense would be
identified with the field.  robert wood
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> I spent some time talking to Sokal just after his stunt. I was
> initially sympathetic, but then turned on him. Ok, he proved that
> Stanley Aronowitz is a fool. To me, that's obvious and
> noncontroversial. But as for the rest of the field of science studies,
> my sense from talking with Sokal was that he really doesn't know what
> he's talking about - for him, there's no intelligent critique of
> science. Truth is just obvious and self-evident. E.g., I asked him
> what he thought of the Frankfurt school & their critique of
> instrumental reason and he had no idea what I was talking about. For
> me, the result of his hoax was to turn me into a Judith Butler fan.
>
> Doug
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