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'''''Social Text''''' is a [[cultural studies]] [[journal]] currently published by [[Duke University Press]]. Since its its inception as an independent editorial collective in 1979, the Social Text journal has addressed a wide range of social and cultural phenomena, drawing distinguished theorists and academics across the academy to publish provocative articles on questions of gender, sexuality, race, and the environment. As a [[cultural theory]] [[journal]], Social Text seeks to provoke and challenge through articles written by |
'''''Social Text''''' is a [[cultural studies]] [[journal]] currently published by [[Duke University Press]]. Since its its inception as an independent editorial collective in 1979, the Social Text journal has addressed a wide range of social and cultural phenomena, drawing distinguished theorists and academics across the academy to publish provocative articles on questions of gender, sexuality, race, and the environment. Over the course of its history, [[Fredric Jameson]], [[Cornel West]], [[Andrew Ross]], [[Judith Butler]], [[Laura Kipnis]], [[Ellen Willis]], [[Edward Said]], [[Stanley Aronowitz]], and [[Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak]] have all published in the journal. As a [[cultural theory]] [[journal]], Social Text seeks to provoke and challenge through articles written by emerging critical voices. Each issue covers subjects in the debates around [[feminism]], [[marxism]], [[neoliberalism]], [[postcolonialism]], [[postmodernism]], [[queer theory]] and [[popular culture]]. |
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The journal gained notoriety in 1996 for the so-called [[Sokal Affair]] when it published an article by the physicist [[Alan Sokal]] entitled "[http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/critstudies/transgress_v2_noafterword.pdf Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity]". Sokal had written the article as a deliberate hoax consisting of (to quote Sokal himself) "the silliest quotations I could find ... from some of the most prominent French and American intellectuals" along with "a nonsensical argument linking these quotations together" in which he argued that [[quantum gravity]] is a social and linguistic construct. This set off a debate about academic ethics and the quality of research being published in the humanities. The Sokal Affair resulted in ''Social Text's''' editors being awarded with the 1996 [[Ig Nobel]] prize for Literature. |
The journal gained notoriety in 1996 for the so-called [[Sokal Affair]] when it published an article by the physicist [[Alan Sokal]] entitled "[http://www.stanford.edu/dept/HPST/critstudies/transgress_v2_noafterword.pdf Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity]". Sokal had written the article as a deliberate hoax consisting of (to quote Sokal himself) "the silliest quotations I could find ... from some of the most prominent French and American intellectuals" along with "a nonsensical argument linking these quotations together" in which he argued that [[quantum gravity]] is a social and linguistic construct. This set off a debate about academic ethics and the quality of research being published in the humanities. The Sokal Affair resulted in ''Social Text's''' editors being awarded with the 1996 [[Ig Nobel]] prize for Literature. |
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Social Text is a cultural studies journal currently published by Duke University Press. Since its its inception as an independent editorial collective in 1979, the Social Text journal has addressed a wide range of social and cultural phenomena, drawing distinguished theorists and academics across the academy to publish provocative articles on questions of gender, sexuality, race, and the environment. Over the course of its history, Fredric Jameson, Cornel West, Andrew Ross, Judith Butler, Laura Kipnis, Ellen Willis, Edward Said, Stanley Aronowitz, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak have all published in the journal. As a cultural theory journal, Social Text seeks to provoke and challenge through articles written by emerging critical voices. Each issue covers subjects in the debates around feminism, marxism, neoliberalism, postcolonialism, postmodernism, queer theory and popular culture.
The journal gained notoriety in 1996 for the so-called Sokal Affair when it published an article by the physicist Alan Sokal entitled "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity". Sokal had written the article as a deliberate hoax consisting of (to quote Sokal himself) "the silliest quotations I could find ... from some of the most prominent French and American intellectuals" along with "a nonsensical argument linking these quotations together" in which he argued that quantum gravity is a social and linguistic construct. This set off a debate about academic ethics and the quality of research being published in the humanities. The Sokal Affair resulted in Social Text's' editors being awarded with the 1996 Ig Nobel prize for Literature.
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