Call for papers vol. 2/2026
Derrida, d’autre part
Edited by Matteo Bonazzi (PA, Università di Verona) and Marcello Ghilardi (PO, Università di Padova)
The key issues of French poststructuralist thought and deconstructionism were at the center of international philosophical debate between the 1960s and the early 2000s. With Derrida’s death and a progressive distancing from the excessive aspects of so-called postmodernism, there has been a decline and a significant decline in interest, in France as elsewhere. Over twenty years after the French thinker’s death, this essay aims to critically assess that philosophical legacy, the avenues it still offers, and the avenues we should continue exploring. In particular, still highly relevant – and therefore worth keeping alive or relaunching in contemporary philosophical research programs – are the themes of otherness and difference (not to be thought of in the shadow of identity and “sameness”), translation and linguistic pluralism as tools for critical thinking, the critique of every ideological presupposition of “origin”, as well as a reflection on the meaning and limits of what broadly falls under the idea of “institution” (political, academic, religious, scientific), in order to promote the ideal of an inquiry that is always self-critical, capable of containing – and not abolishing or excluding – the tensions and contradictions that innervate it.
The French expression d’autre part indicates both the fact that Derrida’s thought nevertheless resists and remains fruitful beyond his epigonal excesses or his more or less adequate attributions of postmodernism or “liquidation of truth” in relation to philosophical inquiry, and the fact that it is read, analyzed, interpreted, and advanced from “other sides”, starting from different instances, contexts, traditions, and languages.
The present issue of Scenari aims to explore various perspectives around Derrida’s thought and forms of deconstructionism, paying also a special attention to the influence and the peculiar relationship with psychoanalysis, with Freud’s and Lacan’s influence on Derrida’s work. Contributions of both historical and theoretical stance are invited from different areas of philosophy such as ontology, aesthetics, phenomenology, ethics, political philosophy.
We accept submissions from 30.000 up to a maximum of 40.000-45.000 characters, inclusive of spaces and footnotes, including in both Italian and English title, abstract (max 1.000 characters), 5 keywords, e-mail address and short biography (max 900 characters).
We accept submissions in Italian, English, German, French or Spanish.
For further clarification see pages 7 and 8 of the Editorial Standards.
Submissions should be sent to: matteo.bonazzi@univr.it, marcello.ghilardi@unipd.it
Deadline for submission of full paper for peer review: June 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2026
Final submission: September 7, 2026
Expected publication: December 2026