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About the Philosophy & Social Criticism format

Philosophy & Social Criticism is a peer-reviewed journal published by SAGE, covering Critical Theory and Philosophy, Political Philosophy and Ethics, Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism.

PublisherSAGE
Reference styleAuthor–year (Harvard)
Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text
Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Philosophy & Social Criticism, 12(3), pp. 45–58.

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Publishes research inCritical Theory and Philosophy Political Philosophy and Ethics Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Political Theology and Sovereignty
ISSN0191-4537
Citation impact (2-yr)0.67
h-index65
i10-index555
Total citations26,404
Top institutions publishing hereBoston College
Journal websitepsc.sagepub.com
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Papers published in Philosophy & Social Criticism per year

104
2014
72
2015
61
2016
105
2017
94
2018
86
2019
94
2020
67
2021
111
2022
111
2023
89
2024
77
2025

Citation impact of Philosophy & Social Criticism by publication year

2K
2014
769
2015
706
2016
631
2017
879
2018
767
2019
792
2020
384
2021
490
2022
329
2023
96
2024
35
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Philosophy & Social Criticism

Deliberative democracy, the public sphere and the internet

Antje Gimmler · 1 Jul 2001

The internet could be an efficient political instrument if it were seen as part of a democracy where free and open discourse within a vital public sphere plays a decisive role. The model of deliberative democracy, as developed by Jürgen Habermas and Seyla Benhabib, serves this concept of democracy best. The paper explores first the…

On reconstructive legal and political theory

Bernhard Peters · 1 Oct 1994

L'A. presente la theorie soutenue par Habermas dans «Facticite et validite» comme une tentative de «reconstruction» du droit. Il montre qu'il existe plusieurs approches du droit qui sont relatives a la structure symbolique ou non de la societe et a la legitimite de ce droit. L'A., s'il montre les apports de cette theorie, souleve egalement…

Religion and the public sphere

Cristina Lafont · 1 Jan 2009

In this article I analyze Rawls' and Habermas' accounts of the role of religion in political deliberations in the public sphere. After pointing at some difficulties involved in the unequal distribution of deliberative rights and duties among religious and secular citizens that follow from their proposals, I argue for a way to structure political deliberation…

Rawls and Habermas on religion in the public sphere

Melissa Yates · 1 Nov 2007

In recent essays, Jürgen Habermas endorses an account of political liberalism much like John Rawls'. Like Rawls, he argues that laws and public policies should be justified only in neutral terms, i.e. in terms of reasons that people holding conflicting world-views could accept. Habermas also, much like Rawls, distinguishes reasonable religious citizens, whose views should…

Philosophy & Social Criticism template — frequently asked questions

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What reference style does Philosophy & Social Criticism use?
Philosophy & Social Criticism uses Author–year (Harvard) references, shown as author–year markers such as (Smith, 2023) in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Philosophy & Social Criticism, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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