From the Editors

• Published date: 01 February 2024
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/00905917231213666
• Author: Banu Bargu,Kevin Olson,Massimiliano Tomba
• Date: 01 February 2024
• Subject Matter: Editorial

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Political Theory

2024, Vol. 52(1) 3 –5

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Editorial

From the Editors

We are excited to begin our new role as stewards of Political Theory. As we

take up this responsibility, we are particularly grateful to the most recent

editorial team for fostering a rigorous and inclusive space for scholars of all

kinds across the journal’s pages and supporting us in the transition. Editors

Joshua Dienstag, Lisa Ellis, Alison McQueen, and Davide Panagia; book

review editor Nancy Luxon; and assistant editors Stephen Cucharo and

Naomi Ellis have set a sterling example and left us with big shoes to fill. As

enthusiastic readers of this journal, we have keenly appreciated their vision

and many contributions to the field. We would also like to extend our deep

thanks to the selection committee: chair Kennan Ferguson, Emily Beausoleil,

Murad Idris, Lida Maxwell, and Benjamin McKean. We are heartened by the

trust they have put in us and cognizant of the duties it entails. We are happy

to announce that our team will be joined by Bart Feberwee, graduate student

in UCSC’s History of Consciousness, who will be assistant editor during

2024–2025.

As political theorists, we are well aware of the celebrated role that this

journal plays in our discipline. We are committed to upholding and enhancing

its reputation within the field, attained for over half a century by editors who

have upheld the highest standards of scholarly rigor. Recent generations of

editors have done a great deal to enhance the journal’s pluralism and inclu-

siveness in various directions. Nonetheless, we believe that much more can

be done to ensure that our flagship journal reflects the increasing diversity in

the field. The current state of the discipline has arisen from persistent efforts

to question well-established canons, decenter Eurocentrism, mix methods,

challenge conventions, and engage in daring experimentations. However, this

is only part of a much broader sea change, which results from the enormous

yet invisible, anonymous, and often unrecognized work of many scholars

eroding unspoken boundaries of what may count as political theorization.

Our ambition is to ensure that all stripes of scholarship are given space within

the journal so that it aligns with the lived reality of our vocation. We aim to

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