Postmodern Essay Generator

Posted by John Farrier in Book & Lit on April 23, 2008 at 1:21 pm


bookshelfIn 1994, New York University physics professor Alan Sokal made headlines when he published his article “Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity.” in the sociological quarterly Social Text.  He then revealed that he had submitted the article as a hoax and that the text was a parody of postmodernist philosophy.  Sokal completely fooled the “scholarly” editors of Social Text into printing his parody of their intellectual presuppositions.

In this vein, you, too, can enjoy instant pomo goodness with the Postmodern Essay Generator, courtesy of the blog Communications From Elsewhere.  Just click on “refresh” for instant, angst-filled, tenure-track gratification.

Link via Jim Morrow


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16 comments to "Postmodern Essay Generator"

  1. SenorMysterioso
    April 23rd, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    you posted a link to the wrong page should be /pomo/ instead of /journal/

  2. John
    April 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Thanks, Senor. Fixed now.

  3. R. Robot
    April 23rd, 2008 at 1:59 pm

    That's an old goodie. Years ago it inspired me to write a generator in a similar Mockery-By-Turning-Test vein:

    http://inksyndicate.net/rock/

  4. Ali S.
    April 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 pm

    I can imagine a burned out freshman attempting to print this out and handing it in. ;)

  5. Jerse
    April 23rd, 2008 at 5:28 pm

    I thought pomo said porno until I read the comments...

  6. Edward
    April 23rd, 2008 at 7:47 pm

    As much as I hate this type of post. Someone has to say it. If you want us to care, you have to tell us why we should care.

    An elitist magazine posts a fake elitist article so that another elitist dingbat can say he pulled off the elitist equivalent of a pantsing. Now we can all enjoy this rarefied air by using this tool.

    Yeah, I get it, but I still do not care.

  7. SenorMysterioso
    April 23rd, 2008 at 9:16 pm

    Whether you care or not is up to you. Some people may find it neat, so he shared

  8. Jim
    April 23rd, 2008 at 9:56 pm

    Aww...poor Edward.

  9. DrJones
    April 23rd, 2008 at 10:47 pm

    Ed needs a hug :(

  10. JMM
    April 23rd, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    An oldie-but-goodie

    Edward, lots of people love you. I hope some of them come to your mind this evening.

  11. raveren
    April 24th, 2008 at 3:52 am

    Lol @ comments towards ed's comment :D

  12. Jim
    April 24th, 2008 at 6:21 am

    Ha! Jerse thought it was a porno generator! John would have lost his posting privileges! ...but maybe Ed would've been happier!

  13. ted
    April 24th, 2008 at 7:12 am

    Wow, that's a weird reaction to Edward's comment. Did he ruffle a few feathers.
    And, regrettably, like Jerse, I thought it looked like instant porno goodness, too.

  14. jim
    April 24th, 2008 at 12:40 pm

    I went to far...to far. Love and peace to all! :)

  15. CheeseDuck
    April 24th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

    Man, that was sooo deep...

  16. Alannah
    April 24th, 2008 at 9:44 pm

    Where was this when I was in college?


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