The ''Radical Philosophy Review'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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sponsored by the
Radical Philosophy Association
Radical may refer to:
Politics and ideology Politics
* Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change
*Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe an ...
. It was established in 1998 and all issues are available online. The journal is published by the
Philosophy Documentation Center
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.
Content
The ''Radical Philosophy Review'' contains articles focusing on the discussion of fundamental social change. It promotes the idea that society should be built on cooperation rather than competition, and that social decision-making should be governed by democratic procedures.
On occasion, the journal publishes special issues or special sections focusing on a particular social or political issue. Past topics include
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
's war in
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...
, the
Second Intifada
The Second Intifada ( ar, الانتفاضة الثانية, ; he, האינתיפאדה השנייה, ), also known as the Al-Aqsa Intifada ( ar, انتفاضة الأقصى, label=none, '), was a major Palestinians, Palestinian uprising a ...
, radical theories and religion, and
biopolitics
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and
racism
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.
Notable contributors
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Samir Amin
Samir Amin ( ar, سمير أمين) (3 September 1931 – 12 August 2018) was an Egyptian-French Marxian economist, political scientist and world-systems analyst. He is noted for his introduction of the term Eurocentrism in 1988 and considered ...
*
Giovanni Arrighi
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Hanan Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Mikhael Ashrawi ( ar, حنان داوود مخايل عشراوي ; born 8 October 1946) is a Palestinian politician, legislator, activist, and scholar who served as a member of the Leadership Committee and as an official spokesperson ...
*
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American public intellectual: a linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is ...
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Ward Churchill
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Angela Davis
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, scholar, and author. She is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. A feminist and a Marxist, Davis was a longtime member o ...
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Enrique Dussel
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Norman Finkelstein
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Henry Giroux
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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia police officer C ...
*
Edward Said
Edward Wadie Said (; , ; 1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.Robert Young, ''Whi ...
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
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,
International Bibliography of Book Reviews of Scholarly Literature,
International Bibliography of Periodical Literature
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,
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
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MLA International Bibliography
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,
Philosopher's Index
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The center is publisher of ''The Philosopher's Index'', a comprehensive bibliography ...
,
PhilPapers
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,
SocINDEX, and
TOC Premier.
See also
External links
* {{Official website, 1=http://www.pdcnet.org/radphilrev
Radical Philosophy Association
English-language journals
Political philosophy journals
Academic journals established in 1998
Political science journals
Biannual journals
Philosophy Documentation Center academic journals