''Collapse'' is an independent, non-affiliated journal of philosophical

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published in the United Kingdom 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 similarly edited by Robin Mackay. The magazine is based in Oxford. It features speculative work in progress by contemporary

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s, along with contributions from

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s, scientists and other writers outside of philosophy. In December 2008, as a part of BBC Today guest editor Zadie Smith's programme, the author Hari Kunzru listed Urbanomic's ''Collapse'' as an avant-garde philosophy journal in his ''A guide to the artistic underground''.

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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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