Special Guest Editor- Dr. Shikha Sharma Assistant Professor, Department of English , SRM University, Delhi NCR , India
This call for papers seeks to explore the rich and complex intersection of philosophical inquiry and narrative accounts of trauma and exile. Moving beyond disciplinary boundaries, it aims to investigate how philosophical concepts - such as subjectivity, time, memory, ethics, and belonging - are challenged, reshaped, and illuminated through the lived experiences and narrative expressions of those who have endured trauma and/or forced displacement. We invite contributions that critically examine how philosophical narratives (literary, testimonial, artistic, etc.) engage with the philosophical dimensions of trauma's impact on the self and the world, and how the condition of exile - with its attendant loss of place, identity, and community - further complicates these experiences. This collection/volume aims to foster a deeper understanding of the philosophical implications of human suffering, resilience, and the power of storytelling in navigating the aftermath of profound disruption. We welcome interdisciplinary perspectives from philosophy, literature, sociology, psychology, history, and related fields.
l The Traumatic Roots of Exile: Examining instances where trauma (war, persecution, violence) is the direct cause of forced displacement.
l Memory and the Philosophy of Healing and Reconciliation.
l Philosophical and Cultural Concepts in antiquity.
l Trauma and exile profoundly shaped the cultural identity of individuals and communities in ancient Greece. The shared experiences of war, loss, and displacement could forge strong bonds and influence collective memory.
l Athenian tragedy frequently explored the aftermath of traumatic events. Plays like Sophocles' Ajax or Euripides' The Trojan Women delve into the psychological wounds of war, betrayal, and loss, allowing audiences to witness and perhaps process these difficult emotions.
l Examining the philosophical dimensions of memory, historical trauma, and the struggle for recognition in exile, this collection/volume aims to understand how narrative can serve as a form of resistance, healing, and the (re)construction of ethical and political communities.
l Choose themes related to ancient Philosophical theme realted to Trauma and Culture .
2. All submissions are subjected to go through blind peer review process.
3. Articles should normally be around 6.000 - 10.000 words. Everything, including the abstract, keywords and bibliography, counts towards the overall length.
4. All authors should include their full names, affiliations, postal addresses, telephone numbers and institutional email addresses on the cover page of the manuscript. One author should be identified as the corresponding author.
5. Manuscripts should be double-spaced with ample margins, typed in Times New Roman, 12-point font size, and must be accompanied by an abstract of about 100-150 words as well as by a list of 5-8 keywords.
6. The manuscript should be an original work; it must not in any way violate intellectual property rights of third parties; that is, it must not duplicate any other previously published work, including the author's own works. In addition, copying and pasting text generated from AI chat boxes is treated as a form of plagiarism. The editors of the journal conduct thorough research to trace the originality of each submitted work. Plagiarism checks are performed for all submitted articles through Elsevier. The journal reserves the right to permanently deny submissions from authors who found to have sent plagiarized material for publication.
7. The manuscript should not be under consideration for peer review elsewhere.
* For philosophical texts: Hobbes, De Cive, Χ, 16 - Plat. Resp. 343c.
* For books: Lloyd S. A., 2009: 289-294 or Lloyd S. A., Morality in the Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes: Cases in the Law of Nature, Cambridge University Press, 2009, pp. 289-294.
* For articles: Ranson S., "Towards the learning society", Education Management and Administration, 20: 2, 1992, pp. 68-79.
* For chapters within books: Ball S. J., (ed.), 1990: 75-78 or Hoskin K., "Foucault under examination: the crypto-educationalist unmasked", in: Ball S. J., (ed.) Foucault and Education, Routledge, London 1990, pp. 75-78.
The references should be listed alphabetically at the end of the paper in the following standard form:
For philosophical texts: Hobbes T., De Cive: the English version entitled in the first edition Philosophical rudiments concerning government and society, The Clarendon edition of the philosophical works of Thomas Hobbes; v. 3, Oxford University Press 1983.
For books: Barnett R., The Limits of Competence: Knowledge, Higher Education and Society. Buckingham 1994: The Society for Research into Higher Education.
For articles: Ranson S., "Towards the learning society", Education Management and Administration, 20: 2, 1992, pp. 68-79.
For chapters within books: Hoskin K., "Foucault under examination: the crypto-educationalist unmasked", in: Ball S. J., (ed.) Foucault and Education, Routledge, London 1990.
10. The Editor reserves the right to make changes to manuscripts where necessary to bring them into conformity with the stylistic and bibliographical conventions of the Journal.