Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana - Vol. 25 - Núm. 89

U TOPÍA Y PRAXIS LATINOAMERICANA Revista Internacional de Filosofía Iberoamericana y Teoría Social Centro de Estudios Sociológicos y Antropológicos (CESA) Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Sociales Universidad del Zulia. Maracaibo-Venezuela Guidelines for Publication Utopía y Praxis Lationoamericana (Latin American Utopia and Praxis) : Is a periodic, tri-monthly, arbitrated journal which is indexed on a national and international level, and edited by the University of Zulia (Maracaibo, Venezuela) in the Center for Sociological and Anthropological Studies (CESA) ascribed to the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, and financed by The Scientific and Humanistic Studies Council (CONDES) at the same University. All contributions requested and/or received must be original unedited papers. No contributions will be accepted that are simultaneously being offered for publication in another journal. The thematic areas that define the profile of the journal are included in the following generic areas of Spanish American and Latin American thought: Latin American political philosophy, the history of ideas, the philosophy of history, epistemology, social science theories and methodology, social, political and philosophical anthropology, ethics and pragmatics, philosophy and inter-cultural dialogue, the philosophy of liberation, contemporary philosophy, gender studies, and post-modern theories. The sub-categories in each area will be defined by the Editorial Committee with the help of its respective national and international advisors in order to establish the pertinence of the papers presented for publication. Presentation of original texts : The following aspects are considered to be especially important: The title must be concise and directly relevant to the theme studies. Sub-titles are not acceptable. The abstract must describe the central idea of the research and consider its relationship with the objectives and methodology that support it, and be no longer that 100 words. Four key words in alphabetical order must accompany the abstract. The abstract must be written in both Spanish and English. The abstract must be structured in the following manner: Introduction or presentation, general explanation with titles and subtitles, general conclusions and up-dated and specialized bibliography. All of the bibliographical references and notations must be included in footnotes, and numbered in sequence, according to the indications in the section that follows. The recommended lettering font is Arial Narrow 12, spaced 1,5. In addition to Spanish, studies, articles, essays, notes, debates, interviews and bibliographical reviews can be presented in Portuguese, French, Italian and English. An electronic support copy (“.doc”, “.docx” o “rtf”) e-mail: utopraxislat@gmail.com. Journal sections Normal features Studies : exhaustive research of a monographic nature oriented towards one or several objectives treated in an inter- or trans-disciplinary manner, and developed from an epistemological paradigm. Emphasis is made on critical analysis and interpretation. The article must not to exceed 40 pages. Articles : precise research of a monographic nature, preferably the result of partial or final research where a reflexive and critical argument in relation to certain theoretical or practical, methodological or epistemological problems is raised and the area of study is explored. The length should not to exceed 20 pages.