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© Radical Philosophy Ltd
MAY/JUNE 1998
Contentseditorial 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
Issue editor
Chris Arthur
Reviews editor
Sean Sayers
Contributorsjudith stacey
is Streisand Professor of Contemporary Gender Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. Her publications include In the Name of The Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age (Beacon Press, 1996).
Bob carter
is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University College Worcester. He has published extensively on the politics of race, immigration and nationality.
Deborah cook
teaches Philosophy at the University of Windsor, Canada.
Simon critchley
is Reader in Philosophy at the University of Essex. His recent publications include Very Little. . Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy and Literature (Routledge, 1997).
Axel honneth
is Director of the Institute for Social Research in Frankfurt and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Frankfurt.
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Commentary
Families against ‘The Family’: The Transatlantic Passage of the Politics of Family Values
Judith Stacey ……………………………………………………………………………………. 2ARTICLES
Out of Africa: Philosophy, ‘Race’ and Agency
Bob Carter ………………………………………………………………………………………… 8
Adorno on Late Capitalism: Totalitarianism and the Welfare State
Deborah Cook …………………………………………………………………………………. 16
Philosophy in Germany
Simon Critchley and Axel Honneth ………………………………………………….. 27REVIEWS
Jane Gallop, Feminist Accused of Sexual Harassment
Peter Benson …………………………………………………………………………………… 40
Amitai Etzioni, The New Golden Rule: Community and Morality in a Democratic Society
Finn Bowring …………………………………………………………………………………… 43
Theodor W. Adorno, Aesthetic Theory
Stewart Martin ……………………………………………………………………………….. 46
Christine M. Korsgaard, The Sources of Normativity
Meena Dhanda ………………………………………………………………………………… 47
Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks Volume 2
Roger Simon …………………………………………………………………………………… 49
Emmanuel Levinas, Proper Names
Marianna Papastephanou ………………………………………………………………… 50
Mark Neocleous, Administering Civil Society: Towards a Theory of State Power
David Stevens …………………………………………………………………………………. 51NEWS
Anniversary Blues
Peter Osborne …………………………………………………………………………………. 52LETTER
Critical Social Science and Psychological Explanation