Author Guidelines
Suggested length of articles: max. 30 000–60 000 characters with spaces. Before submitting the article please make sure it adheres to the manuscript preparation guidelines outlined below.
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Abstract and keywords
All articles should include an abstract (max. 1,000 characters) and a list of max. 5 keywords.
The abstract should be a succinct summary of:
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the aims of the article, i.e. the research questions;
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the methodology used;
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the main conclusions of the conducted study/analysis.
The abstract should be comprehensible by itself, i.e. it should not contain references to illustrations, tables or bibliographical positions found in the main text, since in many indexing databases the reader does not have access to the full text of the article.
Author biography
Please provide a biographical note on the author (max. 100 words). The note should include the author’s:
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Name and surname
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Affiliation
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Research disciplines, interests (no more than 3–4)
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Recent publications (no more than 4)
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Other important information (positions held, awards, scholarships, etc.)
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ORCID and email
Citations and bibliography
We kindly ask all authors to use the author-date style of in-text referencing (Szczepański 1969: 35) and to ensure that the bibliography complies with the following guidelines:
Authored book
Donati P., Archer M. 2015. The Relational Subject, Cambridge University Press.
Edited book
Cropsey J., ed. 1964. Ancients and Moderns: Essays on the Tradition of Political Philosophy in Honor of Leo Strauss, Basic Books.
Translated book
Lefort C. 1988. Democracy and Political Theory, transl. B. Macey, University of Minnesota Press.
Chapter or article in an edited book
Anastaplo G. 1999. “Leo Strauss at the University of Chicago,” [in:] Leo Strauss, the Straussians, and the American Regime, eds. K.L. Deutsch, J.A. Murley, Rowman & LittleField Publishers, pp. 3–31.
Article in another author’s book
Bourdieu P. 1967. “Postface,” [in:] E. Panofsky, Architecture gothique et pensée scolastique, Editions de Minuit, pp. 133–167.
Multi-volume works
Jones D., ed. 1999. Definitions of Life, 6 vols, Pirate Publishers.
Pfeiffer J.W., ed. 1991. Theories and Models in Applied Behavioural Science, vol. 4: Organizational Models, Cambridge University Press.
Article in a journal
Ross N. 2015. “On Truth Content and False Consciousness in Adorno’s Aesthetic Theory,” Philosophy Today, vol. 59(2), pp. 269–290.
Articles with DOIs
Donati P. 2011. “Modernization and Relational Reflexivity,” International Review of Sociology – Revue Internationale de Sociologie, vol. 21(1), pp. 21–39, https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2011.544178.
Online references
Butterworth Ch. 2010. Leo Strauss in His Own Write. A Scholar First and Foremost, http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/Theory/Transcript_Butterworth.pdf, accessed: dd.mm.yyyy.
Indicating an edition other than first/reprints
Denniston J.D. 1954. The Greek Particles, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press.
Leff G. 1962 [1958]. Medieval Thought, rev. ed., Penguin.
Archival material
List archival material separately at the end of the bibliography. Include the information needed to identify the document, such as name of the archive, name of archival fonds or collection, a reference (section, volume, file number), page number, title of the document.
For example: Houghton Library, Harvard University: Charles S. Peirce Papers, 1787– 1951 (MS Am 1632): MS 290, Peirce C.S. 1839–1914. Issues of Pragmaticism (CP).
Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Steven and Clara Summers papers, box 1, folder 1, MSP 94: Letter to Steven Summers, 29 June 1942.
