Critique (Journal of Socialist Theory)

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Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory
Discipline	Political science
Language	English
Edited by	Hillel H. Ticktin
Publication details
Publisher	Routledge on behalf of the Centre for the Study of Socialist Theory and Movements (University of Glasgow)
Publication history	1973-present
Frequency	Quarterly
Indexing
ISSN	0301-7605 (print) 1748-8605 (web)
OCLC number	70889137
Links
Journal homepage Journal page at publisher's site Online access

Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory is a Marxist academic journal published by the Centre for the Study of Socialist Theory and Movements (University of Glasgow). The journal was established in May 1973 by founding editor Hillel H. Ticktin as Critique: Journal of Marxist Theory and Soviet Studies.

Originating as an anti-Stalinist Soviet Studies journal, with the editor accepting the analysis of Leon Trotsky as a corrective to the Stalinist distortion of Marxism, the initial aim of Critique was to analyze the empirical reality of Stalinism, while rejecting the empiricist method, in order to discover the objective laws of motion of Stalinism. The journal accepted Trotsky’s 1936 prognosis that the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin’s program of Socialism in One Country would fail and that the capitalist market system would be restored.

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Critique has become a more general journal of socialist theory covering political economy, philosophy, history and art, examining capitalist and non-capitalist societies and the instability of world capitalism after the Cold War. Critique is issued four times per year and has been published by Routledge since April 2006. Notable contributors have included Hillel Ticktin, István Mészáros, Bertell Ollman, Ernest Mandel, James Petras, Roman Rosdolsky and Chris Arthur.

External links

• Official website
• Critique: Journal of Socialist Theory Archive. Glasgow Caledonian University
• Centre for the Study of Socialist Theory and Movements. University of Glasgow
• "The Life story of Hillel H. Ticktin: The Dilemma of Mandatory Retirement". 2004
• "Marxist Era Dawns in Glasgow". Times Higher Education Supplement. 31 March 2000