Critical Perspectives is a bi-annual peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Institute for Critical Social Theory. Critical Perspectives aims to create a dialogue between intellectuals, theorists, and writers from all parts of the world, especially those who are working within the realm of social, economic, cultural, and political theory.

The journal in open to all theoretical frames of interpretation, including the philosophical, theological, sociological, psychological, and the historical. Those that embody a critical perspective are especially welcome.

Critical Perspectives is edited by Dr. Dustin J. Byrd (Editor-in-Chief), Dr. Seyed Javad Miri (Assistant Editor), and Dr. Michael Naughton (Assistant Editor).

Critical Perspectives is published by Ekpyrosis Press (Kalamazoo, MI).

If you wish to submit an essay for consideration, please submit your article and a short biography to the Editor-in-Chief at: dustinjbyrd@criticalsocialtheory.com

Before the journal Critical Perspectives, there was the journal Islamic Perspective, published by the London Academy of Iranian Studies. Between 2023-2025, Islamic Perspective transitioned to Critical Perspectives, to give the journal a broader range of topics and methodologies. Below are the back issues of Islamic Perspective.

Back Issues of Islamic Perspective: