Radical Philosophy Review
Encyclopedia
The Radical Philosophy Review is a peer-reviewed
academic journal
sponsored by the Radical Philosophy Association. The journal was established in 1998 and all issues are available online.
On occasion, the journal publishes special issues or special sections focusing on a particular social or political issue. Past topics include NATO's war in Yugoslavia
, The Second Intifada, Radical Theories and Religion, and Biopolitics
and Racism
.
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Peer review
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academic journal
Academic journal
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sponsored by the Radical Philosophy Association. The journal was established in 1998 and all issues are available online.
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's war in Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
, The Second Intifada, Radical Theories and Religion, and Biopolitics
Biopolitics
The term "biopolitics" or "biopolitical" can refer to several different yet often compatible concepts.-Definitions:# In the work of Michel Foucault, the style of government that regulates populations through "biopower" .# In the works of Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, anti-capitalist insurrection...
and Racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
.
Notable contributors
- Samir AminSamir AminSamir Amin is an Egyptian economist. He currently lives in Dakar, Senegal.- Biography :Samir Amin was born in Cairo, the son of an Egyptian father and a French mother . He spent his childhood and youth in Port Said; there he attended a French High School, leaving in 1947 with a Baccalauréat...
- Giovanni ArrighiGiovanni ArrighiGiovanni Arrighi was a scholar of political economy and sociology, and as of 1998 a Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University. His work has been translated into over fifteen languages....
- Hanan AshrawiHanan AshrawiHanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar. She was a protégé and later colleague and close friend of Edward Said. Ashrawi was an important leader during the First Intifada, served as the official spokesperson for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East...
- Noam ChomskyNoam ChomskyAvram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...
- Ward ChurchillWard ChurchillWard LeRoy Churchill is an author and political activist. He was a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1990 to 2007. The primary focus of his work is on the historical treatment of political dissenters and Native Americans by the United States government...
- Angela DavisAngela DavisAngela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. Davis was most politically active during the late 1960s through the 1970s and was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party...
- Enrique DusselEnrique DusselEnrique Domingo Dussel Ambrosini is an Argentine-Mexican writer and philosopher.-Biography:...
- Norman FinkelsteinNorman FinkelsteinNorman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust. He is a graduate of Binghamton University and received his Ph.D in Political Science from Princeton University...
- Henry GirouxHenry GirouxHenry Giroux, born September 18, 1943, in Providence, Rhode Island, is an American cultural critic. One of the founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States, he is best known for his pioneering work in public pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, higher education, media studies,...
- Mumia Abu-JamalMumia Abu-JamalMumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and sentenced to death. He has been described as "perhaps the world's best known death-row inmate", and his sentence is one of the most debated today...
- Edward SaidEdward SaidEdward Wadie Saïd was a Palestinian-American literary theorist and advocate for Palestinian rights. He was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and a founding figure in postcolonialism...
Indexing
The journal is indexed in Academic SearchAcademic Search
Academic Search is a monthly indexing service. It was first published in 1997 by EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Its academic focus was international universities, covering social science, education, psychology, and other subjects. Publishing formats covered were academic journals,...
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International Bibliography of Periodical Literature covers the academic journal literature in the humanities, social sciences, and related disciplines. It is an interdisciplinary reference source that is international in scope. Academic journal coverage includes 40 countries and more than 40...
(IBZ), International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences is a bibliography for social science and interdisciplinary research. The database focuses on the social science disciplines of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology, and related interdisciplinary subjects, such as development...
, MLA International Bibliography, Philosopher's Index, Philosophy Research Index
Philosophy Research Index
The Philosophy Research Index is an and abstracting and indexing database containing bibliographic information on philosophical publications in western languages. It contains over 800,000 citations to a range of philosophical publications, including books, anthologies, scholarly journals,...
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