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| + | "In 1998, [[Richard Dawkins]] expressed his appreciation for two books connected with the [[Sokal affair]], ''[[Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science]]'' by [[Paul R. Gross]] and [[Norman Levitt]] and ''[[Fashionable Nonsense|Intellectual Impostures]]'' by [[Alan Sokal|Sokal]] and [[Jean Bricmont]]. These books are famous for their criticism of [[postmodernism]] in US universities (namely in the departments of literary studies, anthropology, and other cultural studies)." | ||
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| '''1998''' ('''MCMXCVIII''') was the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade. | '''1998''' ('''MCMXCVIII''') was the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade. | ||
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"In 1998, Richard Dawkins expressed his appreciation for two books connected with the Sokal affair, Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science by Paul R. Gross and Norman Levitt and Intellectual Impostures by Sokal and Jean Bricmont. These books are famous for their criticism of postmodernism in US universities (namely in the departments of literary studies, anthropology, and other cultural studies)." |
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1998 (MCMXCVIII) was the 998th year of the 2nd millennium, the 98th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1990s decade.
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Art and culture
- "Is Feminism Dead?" asked Time magazine
Literature
Fiction
- "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
- Atomised by Michel Houellebecq
Non fiction
- Bad Girls and Sick Boys by Linda Kauffman
- More Brilliant than the Sun by Kodwo Eshun
- The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David Landes
Film
- L'Ennui by Cédric Kahn
- Festen by Thomas Vinterberg
- Happiness by Todd Solondz
- Sitcom by François Ozon
- I Stand Alone by Gaspar Noé
- Fucking Åmål by Lukas Moodysson
- Following by Christopher Nolan
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Terry Gilliam
- After Life by Hirokazu Koreeda
- Little Tony by Alex van Warmerdam
- Pi by Darren Aronofsky
- Buffalo 66 by Vincent Gallo
- Run Lola Run by Tom Tykwer
Art
- VB 35 - Vanessa Beecroft
- The Lonely Doll I (1998) - David LaChapelle
Music
Albums
- Riddim Warfare by DJ Spooky
- Psychedelic Souls by The Wailing Souls
- Clandestino by Manu Chao
Singles
- It's Like That (released in 1983, charted in 1998) by Run–D.M.C.
- Truth Don't Die by Femi Kuti
- Gimme Some More by Busta Rhymes
- U Don't Know Me by Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden
- Music Sounds Better with You by Stardust
- Failure by Skinny
- I'm The Only Queen by Norma Jean Bell
- House Music by Eddie Amador
- Would You...? by Touch and Go
- "Mango Drive" by Rhythm & Sound
Births
Deaths
- Pauline Réage (1907 - 1998), French author of Story of O
- Walter Kendrick (1947 - 1998)
- Jean-Claude Forest (1930 - 1998)
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