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1 Am. Pol. Thought 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/ampolth1 and id is 1 raw text is: Greetings from the Editor The appearance of American Political Thought marks the coming of age of American political thought as a developed and mature field of study. With all the talk of American decline in the air, it might be tempting to think of the appearance of a journal devoted to American political thought and experi- ence as yet another instance of Hegel's dictum that the owl of Minerva flies only at dusk. Perhaps, but as a journal we are certainly not committed to such a view-nor are we committed against it. Indeed, we hope that the con- tinued vitality-or not-of the American political tradition will be one of the topics debated in the pages of our journal, as it is in part in our opening sym- posium on American exceptionalism. As editor in chief of American Political Thought, I want not only to take the opportunity of the appearance of our first issue to greet our readers, our contributors, and our reviewers but also to say a few words about what we hope the journal to be. As our subtitle says, we are a journal of ideas, in- stitutions, and culture. In other words, we are interpreting the idea of Amer- ican political thought broadly and seek contributions that cover the full range of topics suggested by that subtitle. Accordingly, we seek to be thoroughly interdisciplinary, drawing from history, political science, law, literature, American studies, philosophy, art history, sociology-whatever fields are in- terested in American political thought, broadly understood. Moreover, we are not committed to any school of thought or approach within those disciplines. We wish to be a venue in which the different schools and approaches can meet-and perhaps debate-and not a home for only a narrow range of work. We would like American Political Thought to be the go-to place for all scholars working on the American political tradition no matter their discipline or approach. Our editorial practices attempt to match our editorial goals. In many ways we operate like other journals. We use a double-blind peer review system, we use multiple reviewers, and we use an online submissions system. But in some ways we are different. We try to carry our interdisciplinary aims so far as possible. Thus, we usually solicit reviewers for submitted articles both from the home discipline of the article writer and from some other relevant disci- pline. We often ask for book reviews by writers outside the discipline of the book's author.

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