Science & Society
Encyclopedia
Science & Society is the oldest continuously-published journal
of Marxist scholarship still extant.
It publishes peer-reviewed
essays in economics
, philosophy of science
, historiography
, women's studies
, literature
, the arts, and other social science disciplines. As well as covering social and political theory, it includes first-order historical research.
Every quarter the editorial addresses a significant topic in the intellectual mainstream from the Marxist perspective. These editorials explicitly and implicitly call for greater Marxist engagement in the broader academic debate. For instance, in 2001, writing on Neo-classical economics:
Guilford Publications (which distributes the journal online here http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=periodicals/jnss.htm&cart_id), lists the current editor as Professor David Laibman
.
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
of Marxist scholarship still extant.
It publishes peer-reviewed
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
essays in economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, philosophy of science
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
, historiography
Historiography
Historiography refers either to the study of the history and methodology of history as a discipline, or to a body of historical work on a specialized topic...
, women's studies
Women's studies
Women's studies, also known as feminist studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field which explores politics, society and history from an intersectional, multicultural women's perspective...
, literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
, the arts, and other social science disciplines. As well as covering social and political theory, it includes first-order historical research.
Editorial philosophy
The editorial board tries to ensure that its output is both groundbreaking and comprehensible, and "does not attempt to define precise boundaries for Marxism". Its self-description is:- "A Journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis"
Every quarter the editorial addresses a significant topic in the intellectual mainstream from the Marxist perspective. These editorials explicitly and implicitly call for greater Marxist engagement in the broader academic debate. For instance, in 2001, writing on Neo-classical economics:
- "To put it in a nutshell: we cannot abandon the field of abstraction to the neoclassical hegemon".http://www.scienceandsociety.com/editorial2_fall01.html
Guilford Publications (which distributes the journal online here http://www.guilford.com/cgi-bin/cartscript.cgi?page=periodicals/jnss.htm&cart_id), lists the current editor as Professor David Laibman
David Laibman
David Laibman is Professor of Economics at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York. He received a Ph.D. in Economics in 1973 at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York...
.