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by crux_ 5483 days ago
For an example of the Culture Wars, just scroll back on the front page to the "Dangerous Mr. Khan" article.

As far as the Sokal affair goes, it may or may not have done an excellent job of discrediting people, processes, institutions, writing styles, academic subculture ... but it did and could not touch any ideas.

In fact, you could even say that the Sokal hoax was an excellent validation/demonstration of many postmodern ideas, albeit at the expense of the same people teaching and regurgitating them.