ect that Sokal's article was a hoax, and they published it in the journal's Spring/Summer 1996 issue.1 The hoax was revealed by Sokal in an article for another journal, Lingua Franca;2 he explained that his Social Text article had been liberally salted with nonsense, and in his opinion was accepted only because (a) it sounded good and (b) it flattered the editors' ideological preconceptions.Ne