When Intellectual Impostures was published in France

It sent shock waves through the Left Bank establishment. When it was published in Britain, it provoked impassioned debate.

Authors and Content

Sokal and Bricmont examine the canon of French postmodernists - Lacan, Kristeva, Baudrillard, Irigaray, Latour, Virilio, Deleuze and Guattari - and systematically expose their abuse of science.

New Edition

This edition contains a new preface analysing the reactions to the book and answering some of the attacks.