Table of Contents for International Review of Thought, Issue 2, 2025
International Critical Thought, Vol. 15, Issue 2, June 2025 (Special Issue) is now available online via Taylor & Francis Online. This new issue contains the following articles:
Special Issue: Resurgent Africa: A Socialist Past, a Multipolar Present Guest Editor: Adam Mayer
Articles
"Resurgent Africa: A Socialist Past, a Multipolar Present: Introduction" Adam Mayer Pages: 153-166 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2511108
"The Process and Experience of China’s Direct Investment in Africa" Chunyu Zhang Pages: 167-189 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2512494
"China’s Growing Influence in African Sovereign Debt and Debt Relief" Charl Swart & Siyaduma Biniza Pages: 190-207 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2517665
"Rethinking Development Pathways: China-Africa Relations and the China Model Debate" Hagan Sibiri Pages: 208-222 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2509248
"The Diplomatic, Political and Economic Relations between Somalia and China from 1960 to 2020" Gábor Sinkó & János Besenyő Pages: 223-240 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2512457
"Mali as a Theatre of Great Power Competition: A Realist Approach" Laura Gogny & Andrés de Castro Pages: 241-267 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2520479
"Reclaiming the Class Struggle [1] in Africa Today: Four Propositions on the Revolutionary Potential of the Urban Working Class in Africa and a Marxist Critique of Factory-Workerism" Joshua Lew McDermott Pages: 268-294 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2514615
"The Sahel Confederation: The Historic Role of the Military in West African Developmentalism" Tamás Gerőcs Pages: 295-319 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2506990
"Exploring the Causes of Military Coups in Three Francophone West African Countries since 2020: A Class Analysis Based on the Centre-Periphery Relationship" [2] Chen Zhang & Maxence Poulin Pages: 320-338 | DOI: 10.1080/21598282.2025.2506989
Appendix: International Critical Thought Call for Papers
International Critical Thought (ICT), an English-language quarterly journal hosted by the Marxist Division and the Institute of Marxism Studies [3] of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), and published by Routledge in the UK since March 2011, is now calling for submissions.
The journal has arisen as a response to recent developments that have called into question the international capitalist order and have led many in the world to call for fundamental change. It aims to serve Marxist and other leftist scholars in their reflections upon the past and their inquiries into the future, with an emphasis laid on the coalescence of social concern with academic rigor, and the bettering of reality through a better understanding of it. As a 21st-century forum, ICT strongly supports cultural diversity and intellectual openness, and is most willing to facilitate dialogues not just within the left community but also between the left and other currents of social thought.
As a journal based in China, it also lends an extra attentive ear to the developing world’s experience—for instance, on China’s rise and what this means to the world in general and to world socialism in particular. ICT has been indexed in ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index, an edition of Web of Science: SCIE, SSCI, A&HCI, ESCI), Scopus, ICI (Index Copernicus International), ANVUR (Agenzia Nazionale di Valutazione del sistema Universitario e della Ricerca), UGC-CARE (University Grants Commission - Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics), ABCD (Academic Business Current Data), and OCLC.
As a publication outlet for Left scholarship across the world, ICT welcomes studies in various academic disciplines employing different research tools. We also welcome contributions in forms other than original articles, such as interviews, book reviews, and reviews of conferences, organizations, periodicals, and events that can be generally categorized as leftist.
To submit a manuscript, please go to https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rict20/current and create your account for online submission. The length of contributions may vary between 2,000 (for a book review for example) and a maximum of 12,000 words (for original articles). Submissions should follow the Chicago Manual of Style in writing and citation. To have a better idea about the journal, you may check the sample issue online at https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rict20/current, which also contains the journal information such as aims and scope, editorial board, and guidelines for contributors. For further information, please contact us via email at ict@cass.org.cn.
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