Journals

  • Il Politico

    Il Politico, founded in 1950 by the political scientist and philosopher Bruno Leoni, aims at promoting knowledge on contemporary political systems and their interactions. While the journal's international outlook encompasses the tradition of "Annals of Political Sciences", the interactions between different political systems and cultures are dealt with in an in-depth manner through contributions in the fields of history, socio-political, legal and economic sciences. In other words, the disciplinary plurality within the field of international relations emerges in the context of the comparative analysis of different systems: special attention is therefore dedicated to what can be referred to as "strong" relations and interactions, above all those related to European integration. The 64 "Quaderni" which have been published next to the "Il Politico" since its foundation further confirm the journal's multidisciplinary vocation in relation to and the context of the analysis of the interactions between political systems.

  • Glyptic Studies

    Hardstone carving (glyptics ) is a term that is used in the fields of art history and archaeology to describe the artistic process of carving semi-precious stones (and occasionally gemstones) like jade, rock crystal (clear quartz), agate, onyx, jasper, serpentinite, or carnelian, as well as for things that are crafted using this technology. In most cases, the artifacts are of a little size, and the category is quite similar to that of sculpture and jewelry. Stone carving is occasionally referred to by the Italian phrase pietre dure; however, pietra dura (with a "a") is the typical name used for stone inlay work, which creates some confusion. 

    The coverage of such objects in non-specialist art history tends to be relegated to a catch-all decorative arts or "minor arts" category today. This is despite the fact that such objects were among the most highly prized in a wide variety of cultures from the Neolithic period until approximately the 19th century. They were frequently attributed to special powers or religious significance. Examples of the kinds of things that have been carved include things that have been used for religious or ritualistic purposes, engraved jewels such as signet rings and other forms of seals, handles, belt hooks, and other similar items, containers, and objects that are merely ornamental.

  • Ricerca Psicoanalitica

    Ricerca Psicoanalitica is a member of the Council of Editors of Psychoanalytic Journals and has been for over three decades the Journal of Relations in Psychoanalysis in Italy. Founded in 1990 by SIPRe, the Italian Society of Psychoanalysis of the Relationship, from its inception it promoted a space for reflection and debate much wider than its specific affiliation and capable of attracting contributors and readers from various areas interested in focusing on the subject-relation binomial, deriving from the awareness of the criticalities that had been emerging in psychoanalysis, but also convinced that psychoanalysis contains great potential for valuable reflections applicable also to contiguous fields of research and work. Epistemological, theoretical, methodological and technical reflections found in it a meaningful space for deployment and confrontation favored by a climate of freedom of thought, curiosity, and willingness to open up to new ideas. Little attention has always been paid to the theoretical and professional affiliations of contributors, provided they presented rigorous argumentations and valuable intersubjective confrontations on the relation, not only as an object of inquiry but also as a method and tool for theoretical and clinical research.

    Ricerca Psicoanalitica therefore renews its invitation to the cultural and professional community to actively take part in this space for sharing in the construction of knowledge about relations and the human subject. Privileged partners will also be those authors who suggest innovative advances. Attention will also be dedicated to the non-clinical areas where relational knowledge can prove useful, such as those operational, professional, and cultural domains where its great potential can find the widest application.

    Ricerca Psicoanalitica become completely Open Access in 2020 and has no APC fees.
    Our journal is preserved on Portico, LOCKSS, and PKP PN.

  • Rivista di Psicopatologia Forense, Medicina Legale, Criminologia

    Rivista di Psicopatologia Forense, Medicina Legale, Criminologia was founded in the 60s under the direction of Prof. Franco Granone of the University of Turin, remembered as the first neuropsychiatrist who gave an academic and scientific body to clinical hypnosis with its "Hypnosis Treaty" published by UTET. The first name given to the journal, published for the types of Minerva Medica, was "Rassegna di Ipnosi e Medicina Psicosomatica". By the will of all the members of the Italian Center for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis of Turin, in 1974 the Journal changed its title in "Rassegna di Psicoterapia, Ipnosi, Stati di Coscienza" (Authorization Court of Turin n. 2423 of 18.6.1974). However, at the departure of the Director of Minerva Medica Dr. Tommaso Oliaro, the journal, as well as other journals, suffered the unpleasant deletion due to lack of funds. It was on that date that my teacher of Hypnosis, the same Franco Granone, asked me to take care of the journal so that it could be republished and, in my transfer (May 1988) from the University of Bari to the University of Rome "Sapienza", I proceeded with the due timescales for the formalizations to submit the journal to the same Sapienza University of Rome, with a first moment of transition at the Roman University Editions and the registration at the Court of Rome n. 341/90 on 28.5.1990. But very soon, the Senate Academic and the Board of Directors of Sapienza University of Rome, resolved to become "owned" by the same University and, also as a quarterly periodical, was registered at the Court of Rome n. 00325/96 the 28.6.1996 changing entirely the title, as it was directed by my person at the time Holder of the Chair of Forensic Psychopathology. The title became "Rassegna di psicoterapie, Ipnosi, Medicina Psicosomatica, Psicopatologia Forense". This title continued to exist until, in the physiological passage to another Director, further formalizations including the Sapienza Board of Directors, resolved, on 30 October 2017, to definitively change its name as "Rivista di Psicopatologia forense, Medicina Legale, Criminologia" with Director Prof. Natale Mario Di Luca, head of the Legal Medicine Section of the Department of Anatomical Sciences, Histology, Legal Medicine and of the Locomotor System of Sapienza University of Rome. The Evaluation Committee of the New Journal decided to delegate the professors who appear in the cover page of the new issue, each with the respective task, and I accepted the position of Responsible Coordinator and Scientific Director of the Journal. The advisory committee has been chosen among the most prestigious signatures of the best-known Italian and foreign universities. Obviously, a section will still be reserved for memory duty to Clinical Hypnosis. I wish to this journal, now become historic for its birth and its evolution, the best of luck.