In this Issue
The Journal for the Study of Radicalism engages in serious, scholarly exploration of the forms, representations, meanings, and historical influences of radical social movements. With sensitivity and openness to historical and cultural contexts of the term, we loosely define “radical,” as distinguished from “reformers,” to mean groups who seek revolutionary alternatives to hegemonic social and political institutions, and who use violent or non-violent means to resist authority and to bring about change. The journal is eclectic, without dogma or strict political agenda, and ranges broadly across social and political groups worldwide, whether typically defined as “left” or “right.” We expect contributors to come from a wide range of fields and disciplines, including ethnography, sociology, political science, literature, history, philosophy, critical media studies, literary studies, religious studies, psychology, women’s studies, and critical race studies. We especially welcome articles that reconceptualize definitions and theories of radicalism, feature underrepresented radical groups, and introduce new topics and methods of study.
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Michigan State University Pressviewing issue
Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2012Editorial Board
Editors
Ann Larabee & Arthur Versluis
Book Review Editor: Meaghan Kozar
Editorial Assistants: Laura Mitchell and Alyssa Tigue, Michigan State University Press
Production
Managing Editor: Margot Kielhorn, Michigan State University Press
Production Editor: Teal Amthor-Shaffer, Michigan State University Press
Editorial Assistants: Jill Kolongowski, Nicole Nguyen, Lindsey Sloan, Anna Taylor, and Alyssa Tigue, Michigan State University Press
Editorial Board
Michael Barkun, Syracuse University
John Beck, Michigan State University
Peter Berg, Michigan State University
Steven Biel, Harvard University
Goran Dahl, Lund University, Sweden
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
Salah Hassan, Michigan State University
Ariel Hessayon, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Roger Horowitz, Hagley Museum & Library
Peter Linebaugh, University of Toledo
Jean-Francois Mayer, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Paul Murphy, Grand Valley State University
Richard Peterson, Michigan State University
Michael Seadle, Humboldt University, Berlin
Thomas Summerhill, Michigan State University
Zoe Trodd, Harvard University
