Alan Sokal, Journal of Controversial Ideas

At last, I thought, he&#x27;s finally moved on from &quot;Transgressing the Boundaries&quot;. On page 2:<p><i>In my parody article, “Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity” (Sokal 1996), I wrote ...</i><p>Oh well.

Which part of this is controversial?<p>&gt; The Journal of Controversial Ideas offers a forum for careful, rigorous, unpolemical discussion of issues that are widely considered controversial<p>In section 8 he suggests the ideas he&#x27;s critiquing are &quot;controversial&quot; which in this context you&#x27;d assume would be a good thing, but apparently not?

Sadly, Sokal&#x27;s legacy has been smeared by the later culture warriors, and I am not sure whether he is just fueling the flames with this piece by attacking some random junior scholar, citing altmetric garbage as a justification along the way.