bryant

As an English major, I've heard the story about Alan Sokal, physics professor, who got a paper published in a postmodern literature journal. In fact, I've heard it one too many times. Consequently, this report fills me with utter glee.

It might be worth rereading some of Mr. Sokal's discussions about his hoax, by the by. He never meant it to demonstrate that the study of English literature is inherently flawed; rather, he was making some fairly interesting points as a leftist regarding the dangers of whole-scale adoption of structuralist dogma by the American radical left wing. This is a point too often missed when discussing his hoax. I hope he has something to say about this one -- I think it'd be an interesting read.