Epoch¨¦: A Journal for the History of Philosophy

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

First Special Issue on the History of Philosophy as a Global Practice.

Epoch¨¦ will publish a series of regionally focused special issues that explore the history of philosophy as a global practice. The first will feature scholarship from within Latin America and the Caribbean, guest-edited by Mar¨ªa del Rosario Acosta L¨®pez (University of California, Riverside), Luciana Cadahia (Pontificia Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile), and Miguel Gualdr¨®n Ram¨ªrez (University of Oregon)

Call for Papers for this special issue

We invite contributors currently working in Latin America and the Caribbeanto reflect on what it means to think and do philosophy from this region, one that is not only expansive and difficult to delimit and characterize, but that also emerges in the confluence and clash between histories and cultures from all corners of the world. How do we do history of philosophy from a region so convoluted, conflicting, and rich? Is it even possible to talk about one history, or should one distinguish between independently constituted lineages of thought which are, nonetheless, in relation to one another? What kind of philosophical questions and/or methodologies are specific to the region, and how do they relate to questions pertaining to other locations? And, what does it mean to think from Latin America and the Caribbean today?

The Latin American and Caribbean regions have configured and are constituted by different traditions such as: Antillean thought, decolonial theory, (pluri)national-popular thought, philosophies of liberation, and Andean thought, among others, and they have been influenced by - but have also particularly silenced - reflections coming from indigenous, feminist and Afro and African American theorizations. All these traditions also share a common ground of reflections: the colonial wound and the need for emancipatory thought. We invite contributions written in dialogue with these traditions and their connections/actualizations in the present. We would like to emphasize, in particular, how the problem of emancipation (epistemic, aesthetic and political) has shaped Latin American and Caribbean singular approaches to the praxis (the history and historiography) of philosophy in the continent.

Given the intended focus of this Special Issue, we invite submissions only from scholars currently working in and from Latin America and the Caribbean. We also encourage contributors to write in the languages in which they do philosophy. Their contributions will be published in their original language, and translated to English when needed.

Submission deadline: September 1st, 2025. Submission is by email to [email protected] with ¡®Fall 2026 special issue¡¯ in the subject line.

Please direct any submission questions to Epoch¨¦ editor Sara Brill at [email protected].