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 9, Number 1, Spring 2015Editorial Board
Editor
Arthur Versluis
619 Red Cedar Rd., C714 Wells Hall
East Lansing, MI 48824
TEL (517) 353-2930
FAX (517) 353-5250
EMAIL versluis@msu.edu
Book Review Editor
Morgan Shipley, Michigan State University
Editorial Board
Mohammed Ayoob, Michigan State University
Michael Barkun, Syracuse University
Steven Biel, Harvard University
Pero Dagbovie, Michigan State University
Kirsten Fermaglich, Michigan State University
Beverly Gage, Yale University
Salah Hassan, Michigan State University
Scott Henkel, SUNY Binghamton
Ariel Hessayon, Goldsmiths College, University of London
Roger Horowitz, Hagley Museum & Library
Richard Bach Jensen, Louisiana Scholars’ College, Northwestern State University
Ann Larabee, Michigan State University
Martha Lee, University of Windsor
Jean-François Mayer, Religioscope Institute
Timothy McCarthy, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
Mick (Michael) Smith, Queens University
Zoe Trodd, University of Nottingham
