Radical Philosophy

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Radical Philosophy is a UK-based journal of critical theory and continental philosophy, appearing 6 times a year. It was founded in 1972 in response to the widely felt discontent with the sterility of academic philosophy at the time (in Britain completely dominated by the narrowest sort of ordinary language philosophy), with the purpose of providing a forum for the theoretical work which was emerging in the wake of the radical movements of the 1960s, in philosophy and other fields.

As well as major academic articles, it has a large and diverse book reviews section and usually some news and at least one commentary on matters of topical interest. Although not associated with any specific left-wing position, the magazine was subtitled a 'Journal of Socialist and Feminist Philosophy' and has been broadly associated with the New Left. Editors of the journal since the early 1970s have included some of the most important Marxist and feminist thinkers in Britain. In recent years it has published articles by many of the most famous thinkers in the humanities, social sciences and humanities, from Judith Butler to Alain Badiou, Gayatri Spivak to Jacques Ranciere. It is probably the most widely read philosophical publication in Britain, and has a large circulation throughout the English-speaking world and beyond.

The current Editorial Collective comprises:

Howard Caygill Humanities, Goldsmiths, University of London; David Cunningham English, University of Westminster; Howard Feather Sociology, London Metropolitan University; Peter Hallward Philosophy, Middlesex University; Esther Leslie Humanities, Birkbeck College, University of London; Stewart Martin Philosophy, Middlesex University; Mark Neocleous Politics, Brunel University; Peter Osborne Philosophy, Middlesex University; Stella Sandford Philosophy, Middlesex University

[edit] External links

Radical Philosophy website Subscribers have access to full-text online access to back-issues of the journal.