The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense

The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy People is a 2006 book by Ophelia Benson and Jeremy Stangroom.

The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy People
Cover of the first edition
AuthorsOphelia Benson
Jeremy Stangroom
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPostmodernism
GenreSatire
PublisherSouvenir Press
Publication date
2006
Media typePrint

The book is a satire on postmodernism, modern jargon and anti-rationalist thinking in contemporary academia. "Covering such schools of thought as difference feminism, deconstruction, and the sociology of knowledge, the author reveals that clotted jargon, tortured syntax, and unreadable style hides the fact that nothing new is being said."

The Times Literary Supplement said "With wit and invention, Benson and Stangroom take us through the checklist argot that so often litters postmodern texts." Writing in The Guardian,[1] Ben Marshall called it "a near perfect summary of the banality of postmodern discourse."

The book's authors were interviewed about the book by ABC radio in Australia.[2]

See also

References
  1. "Blogposts - The Guardian". the Guardian.
  2. "Radio National - Late Night Live - The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 May 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2019.


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