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published in the

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by Urbanomic.

History and profile

''Collapse'' was founded in 2006 by Robin Mackay. It serves as a successor to the ''***collapse'' journal that operated between 1995 and 1996 and was edited by Robin Mackay with Robert O'Toole. The magazine is based in

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. It features speculative work in progress by contemporary

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s, along with contributions from

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s and other writers outside of philosophy. In December 2008, as a part of BBC Today guest editor

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's programme, the author Hari Kunzru listed Urbanomic's ''Collapse'' as an

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philosophy journal in his ''A guide to the artistic underground''.

References

External links

Philosophy: Collapse Vol IV - Autopsy of a Genre (M/C Reviews)Robin Mackay, ed. Collapse: Philosophical research and development. Vol. 1 (Oxford: Philosophia Mathematica, vol. 15-2, 2007)
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