Radical Philosophy is a British academic journal of critical theory and continental philosophy, appearing six times a year. It was established in 1972 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. The journal is edited by an "editorial collective.[1]
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As well as major academic articles, the journal publishes book reviews 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 Marxists and feminists. Notable contributors include Alain Badiou, Étienne Balibar, Roy Bhaskar, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Alex Callinicos, Georges Canguilhem, Peter Dews, Fredric Jameson, Rem Koolhaas, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean Laplanche, Michael Löwy, Antonio Negri, Jacques Rancière, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Rick Turner, Paul Virilio, Jeff Wall, Peter Osborne and Ben Watson.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Alternative Press Index, British Humanities Index, Social Science Citation Index, Current Contents, The Left Index, Philosopher's Index, and Sociological Abstracts.