Peninsula Archive

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https://hdl.handle.net/1828/24010
Publication Lifespan: 2011-12, 2017
ISSN: 1925-525X
History of the Journal:

Peninsula: A Journal of Relational Politics was a journal of political theory open to a broad range of methodological, philosophical, and disciplinary perspectives, supported by the Department of Political Science at the University of Victoria. Its area of focus was politics; its approach was critical; and its perspective was relational.

Focus & Scope:

Conscious of the politics of exclusion inherent in the delimitation of a discipline, Peninsula was open to commentary and critique on both canonical thinkers—those from the mainland—and non-canonical ones—those from the island. The term "peninsula," evocative of the critical space that relates the mainland and the island, posed a political challenge for both sets of thinkers:

  • Critical, because it opened the enclosed space of the mainland to the movements of the water;
  • Relational, because it threw a line to the marginal thinker; and
  • Political, because it situated theory at the site of tectonic dislocation.

The goal was to be situated where traditional and contemporary currents could meet and intermingle.

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