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March 31, 2007

About Collapse

Collapse, an independent, non-affiliated Journal of Philosophical Research and Development, was launched in 2006. The aim of the journal, which is printed twice yearly in a limited edition of 1000, is to bring together philosophers and theorists, artists and scientists to explore fundamental themes and ideas which academic philosophy, in its tendency towards specialisation and partisanship, increasingly fails to address.

Each volume is carefully curated so that contributions from very different areas of research intersect in unexpected and productive ways, suggesting new lines of thought. Attention to design and overall feel make Collapse an aesthetic as well as an intellectual pleasure, as can be confirmed by its varied readership (philosophers, cultural theorists, architects, scientists, artists, theologians...) which spans the globe, from London to New York, Oslo to Tokyo, Taiwan to Cairo.

Since its inception in 2006, Collapse has published pioneering work in philosophy from the UK, US, Europe and the Middle East, along with ground-breaking interviews with scientists, new work from contemporary artists, and documents in 'live philosophy'.

Click the links above to read about each of the published volumes of Collapse.