R a d i c a l p h i l o s o p h y
a j o u r n a l o f s o c i a l i s t a n d f e m i n i s t p h i l o s o p h y
CONTENTS MARCH/APRIL 1997Editorial collective
Chris Arthur, Ted Benton, Nadine Cartner,
Andrew Collier, Diana Coole, Peter Dews,
Roy Edgley, Gregory Elliott,
Howard Feather, Jean Grimshaw,
Kathleen Lennon, Joseph McCarney,
Kevin Magill, Peter Osborne,
Stella Sandford, Sean Sayers, Kate Soper
Issue editor
Kevin Magill
Reviews editor
Sean Sayers
Contributors ted benton
teaches sociology at the University of Essex. His books include Philosophical Foundations of the Three Sociologies (1977) and The Rise and Fall of Structural Marxism (1984).
Steve fuller
teaches in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Durham.
Helen E. Longino
is the editor, with Evelyn Fox Keller, of Feminism and Science (Oxford University Press, 1996).
Gary peters
teaches aesthetics at the University of the West of England.
Marcus roberts
teaches philosophy at the University of Essex. He is the author of Analytical Marxism – A Critique (Verso, 1996).
Jacques rancière
is Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Paris-VII,
Jussieu. His books include On the Shores of Politics (Verso, 1994) and The Names of History (Minnesota University Press, 1994).
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Radical philosophy ltdsymposium
Thomas Kuhn, 1922–1996
Ted Benton, Steve Fuller and Helen E. Longino ………………………………….. 2ARTICLES
The Rhythm of Alterity: Levinas and Aesthetics
Gary Peters ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 9
Analytical Marxism – An Ex-paradigm?
The Odyssey of G.A. Cohen
Marcus Roberts ………………………………………………………………………………. 17INTERVIEW
Democracy Means Equality
Jacques Rancière interviewed by Passages
……………………………………… 29REVIEWS
Ronald Aronson, After Marxism Cyril Smith, Marx at the Millennium Jules Townsend, The Politics of Marxism Antonio Callari, Stephen Cullenberg and Carole Biewener, eds, Marxism in the Postmodern Age Suke Wolton, ed., Marxism, Mysticism and Modern Theory
Terry Eagleton …………………………………………………………………………………. 37
Fred Inglis, Raymond Williams
Graham Dawson ……………………………………………………………………………… 40
Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and Genocide in Bosnia
Paul Hockenos ………………………………………………………………………………… 43
Bill Marshall, Guy Hocquenghem
David Macey ……………………………………………………………………………………. 45
Daniel Burston, The Wing of Madness: The Life and Work of R.D. Laing
Janet Sayers …………………………………………………………………………………… 46
Moira Gatens, Imaginary Bodies: Ethics, Power and Corporeality
Rosalyn Diprose ………………………………………………………………………………. 48
Mervyn Frost, Ethics in International Relations
Chris Brown ……………………………………………………………………………………. 49
Alison Assiter, Enlightened Women
Susan Mendus ………………………………………………………………………………… 50
Éric Alliez, Capital Times: Tales from the Conquest of Time
Brian Dillon …………………………………………………………………………………… 51OBITUARY
Raphael Samuel, 1934–1996
Carolyn Steedman ………………………………………………………………….. 53LETTER Jason Gaiger ……………………………………………………………………………………56
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