''The Journal of Political Philosophy'' is a quarterly

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covering all aspects of

political philosophy Political philosophy studies the theoretical and conceptual foundations of politics. It examines the nature, scope, and Political legitimacy, legitimacy of political institutions, such as State (polity), states. This field investigates different ...

Controversy

The journal became engaged in a controversy when it published three articles on

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, each written by white academics and previously presented at a conference on that subject. The controversy began when Yale professor Christopher Lebron published an "open letter" criticizing the journal for not having included "philosophers of color" in the symposium. Lebron further claimed that the journal had not, up to that point, published on race since the beginning of the Black Lives Matter movement began, and that it had not published a philosopher of color since the journal's inception. The conference organizers pointed out that they had invited philosophers of color to contribute to the symposium but that none had chosen to. Others noted that the Journal of Political Philosophy had published on race since the beginning of Black Lives Matter movement, and that they had published philosophers of color - indeed, the journal was co-founded by Chandran Kukathas, a philosopher of color. The editors issued a formal apology, promised to add at least two African American academics to the editorial board, and committed to seeking more works written by non-white academics.

Editorial Resignation

In April 2023, publisher Wiley-Blackwell fired Robert Goodin as editor of the journal, citing problems of "communication". In response, the associate editors Sally Haslanger,

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, Anne Phillips, and

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, and editorial board members

Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( ; born 8 May 1954) is an English-American philosopher and writer who has written about political philosophy, ethics, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah is Prof ...

Jane Mansbridge Jane Jebb Mansbridge (born November 19, 1939) is an American political scientist. She is the Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Mansbridge has made ...

, Jeff McMahan, and Anna Stilz resigned from their positions at the journal in protest to Goodin's removal as editor. The former editors of the Journal of Political Philosophy announced the formation of a new journal, Political Philosophy, in its stead.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2015

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of 1.044, ranking it 63rd out of 163 journals in the category "Political Science" and 24th out of 51 journals in the category "Ethics".

References

External links

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Political Philosophy journal website
English-language journals Political philosophy journals Quarterly journals Academic journals established in 1993 Wiley-Blackwell academic journals {{poli-philo-journal-stub

Controversy

Editorial Resignation

Abstracting and indexing

See also

References

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