SYMPHILOSOPHIE: International Journal of Philosophical Romanticism is a quadrilingual, open-access and peer-reviewed journal for new academic research on German romantic philosophy.
The journal SYMPHILOSOPHIE is above all placed under the banner of the philosophy of Frühromantik, or Early German Romanticism. Accordingly, the authors especially to be treated are the principal thinkers of philosophical romanticism: Friedrich Schlegel, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Novalis (Friedrich von Hardenberg), Friedrich Schleiermacher, as well as philosophical writers like Hölderlin, Ludwig Tieck, K. W. F. Solger, and
August Ludwig Hülsen. SYMPHILOSOPHIE also accords an important place to the writings of the female thinkers of romanticism, including among others: Caroline Schlegel, Dorothea Veit, Karoline von Günderrode, Bettina von Arnim, Rahel Varnhagen, Sophie Mereau, or Madame de Staël. All these romantic thinkers are to be considered from the different philosophical perspectives present in their works: e.g. in terms of aesthetics, epistemology, metaphysics, nature, ethics, anthropology, history, politics, religion, and so on, and/or in relation to other philosophical streams and figures such as Plato, Spinoza, Kant, Fichte, Herder, Hemsterhuis, Schelling, Hegel etc.
In the spirit of the transdisciplinary and interdisciplinary work that is one of the hallmarks of romanticism, submissions to SYMPHILOSOPHIE could also concern European romanticism and analyses beyond the frontiers of philosophy as such, i.e. interconnections with literature, linguistics, the arts, music, medicine, or geology. Nevertheless, the research should still have some kind of relationship to German romantic philosophy. SYMPHILOSOPHIE also publishes articles dealing with the historical reception of philosophical romanticism or the relation of this intellectual current to contemporary figures and movements.
The journal has four main sections: 1). original research articles, 2). new translations of primary sources, 3). review-essays and book reviews, 4). bulletin: new publications, events, and calls for papers. In this regard, the journal not only sees itself as a forum for publishing high-quality research on German romantic philosophy, but also offering an overview of the latest conferences, books, and editions in this domain.
As an international journal, SYMPHILOSOPHIE accepts articles, book reviews and translations in the English, French, German or Italian languages. The journal particularly welcomes scholarly research that returns to the original sources, while critically taking into account the secondary literature.
SYMPHILOSOPHIE publishes one issue online per year in December. Our journal does not charge authors any fees, and readers have free access to the full contents of each issue.
SYMPHILOSOPHIE is indexed in ERIH Plus, Philosopher’s Index, Google Scholar, and Worldcat.