Radical Philosophy

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Radical Philosophy is a UK-based journal of socialist and feminist philosophy, the first issue of which appeared in January 1972. It was founded in response to the widely felt discontent with the sterility of academic philosophy at the time (in Britain, completely dominated by the narrowest sort of “ordinary language” philosophy), with the purpose of providing a forum for the theoretical work which was emerging in the wake of the radical movements of the 1960s, in philosophy and other fields.
The journal is run by an Editorial Collective and appears three times a year. It features major academic articles by some of the most famous writers in contemporary left-wing and feminist philosophical, political and cultural thought, including Alain Badiou, Étienne Balibar, Homi K. Bhabha, Pierre Bourdieu, Judith Butler, Michèle Le Dœuff, Paul Feyerabend, Michel Foucault, Axel Honneth, Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Jean Laplanche, Michael Löwy, Antonio Negri, Jacques Rancière, Richard Rorty, Peter Sloterdijk, Gayatri Spivak, Rick Turner, Paul Virilio and Slavoj Žižek. Each issue also has a large and diverse reviews section (reviewers have included Daniel Bensaïd, Terry Eagleton, Fredric Jameson and Christopher Norris) as well as commentaries, obituaries, interviews (including Cornelius Castoriadis, Drucilla Cornel, Jacques Derrida, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Stuart Hall, Rem Koolhaas, Edward Said, Jeff Wall and Cornell West), news and conference reports. Radical Philosophy also organises regular conferences.

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Country of Publication & Year Established

United Kingdom

Established in 1972

Publication Media & Frequency

Electronic Publication Electronic Publication: Published 3 x per year
Print Publication Print Publication: Published 3 x per year

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Audience:

Scholars.

Lengths:

Interview: 5,000 - 7,000 words.
Review: No specific word count limits known.
Article: 7,000 - 9,000 words.

Styles:

Academic.

Topics:

Ethics: See guidelines.
Humanities: See guidelines.
Philosophy: Social philosophy, See guidelines.
Politics/Political Science: See guidelines.
Sexuality/Gender: Women/Female issues, See guidelines.
Social Sciences: See guidelines.
Society/Culture: See guidelines.

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Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Last Updated: 12 Jun 2026

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