Formatting

The submitted file must be in ".odt" (Libreoffice), ".doc" or ".docx" (Microsoft Office) format

Font: Linux Libertine or Times New Roman

Font size: 12 (footnotes and long quotations: 10)

Line spacing: 1,5 throughout the text (footnotes and long quotations: 1)

Footnotes:

- Footnotes should be inserted AFTER punctuation.

     :: Examples

          For Lukács,¹ reification is a modern phenomenon.

          Reification is a modern phenomenon, according to Lukács.¹

          Lukács is adamant:¹ reification is a modern phenomenon.

Italics:

- For titles of books and journals

- For foreign words and expressions (including Latin: a priori, de facto etc.)

- For emphasis

Words and expressions in other languages:

- Always in italics

- Within [square brackets] when you supply a term in the original language within a translated quotation

     :: Example

          "The notion of surpassing [Aufhebung] is central in Hegel's philosophy" (Author 1999: 154).

- Within (parentheses) when you supply a term in the original language outside a quotation.

     :: Example

          The notion of surpassing (Aufhebung) is central in Hegel's philosophy.

 

Quotations

Formatting Style

- Author (year: page); or (Author year: page).

     :: Examples

          Adorno and Horkheimer (2002: 38) state that ...

          "..." (Adorno and Horkheimer 2002: 38).

          Allen (1996: passim) presents an overview of ...

          There are works (e.g., Allen 1996, McNay 2008b) that present an overview of ...

          McNay (2008a: 279) states that ...

Ellipses within quotations

- In square brackets: [...]

- Do not mark omissions at the beginning or end of a quotation

Long quotations

- Quotations longer than three or four lines should appear in block quotations

- Font size: 10

- Line spacing: 1,0

- Indent: 2cm on the left and 0,5 on the right side

* Quotations translated by the author(s)

 - Indicate the authorship of the translation after the quotation's source

     :: Examples

          "Reification is a modern phenomenon" (Lukács 1968: 164, my trans.)

          "Reification is a modern phenomenon" (Lukács 1968: 164, trans. XY) [where XY are the author's name initials]

- The same applies for existing translations which have been amended by the author(s)

     :: Example

          "Reification is a modern manifestation" (Lukács 1968: 164, trans. amended)

 

References

The * indicates fields that should be included when applicable.

Book (monograph)

AUTHOR'S LAST NAME IN CAPITALS, Initial of first name. Title of the book: Subtitle. Trans. Initial and last name of the translator*. City: Publisher, year [original date of publication*]. 

     :: Examples

          ADORNO, T. W., HORKHEIMER, M. Dialectic of Enlightenment: Philosophical Fragments. Trans. E. Jephcott. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002 [1944].

          BAUGH, B. French Hegel: From Surrealism to Postmodernism. New York: Routledge, 2003.

          HORKHEIMER, M. et al. Studien über Autorität und Familie: Forschungsberichte aus dem Institut für Sozialforschung. Lüneburg: Dietrich zu Klampen, 1987 [1936]. 

Book chapter

AUTHOR'S LAST NAME IN CAPITALS, Initial of first name. "Title of the chapter: Subtitle". In: Initial of first name and complete last name of the editor(s) in normal case (eds.). Title of the book: Subtitle. Trans. name of the translator*. City: Publisher, year [original date of publication*], chapter's initial and final pages.

     :: Examples

          ARATO, A. "Georg Lukács: The Search for a Revolutionary Subject". In: D. Howard, K. Klare (eds.). The Unknown Dimension: European Marxism since Lenin. New York: Basic Books, 1972, p. 81-106.

          BENHABIB, S., BONß, W., MCCOLE, J. "Max Horkheimer: Between Philosophy and Social Science". In: — (eds.). On Max Horkheimer: New Perspectives. Cambridge/MA, London: The MIT Press, 1993, p. 1-22.

Journal article

AUTHOR'S LAST NAME IN CAPITALS, Initial of first name. "Title of the article: Subtitle". Trans. Initial and last name of the translator*. Journal Name number (volume), article's initial and final pages, year [original date of publication*].

     :: Examples

          BUCK-MORSS, S. "Hegel and Haiti". Critical Inquiry 26 (4), p. 821-865, 2000. 

          POLLOCK, F. "State Capitalism". Zeitschrift für Sozialforschung 9, p. 200-225, 1980 [1941].

Academic work

AUTHOR'S LAST NAME IN CAPITALS, Initial of first name. Title of the work: Subtitle. Kind of document (master's thesis, doctoral dissertation etc.). City: Institution, year.

     :: Examples

          ALLEN, A. Toward a Feminist Theory of Power. Doctoral thesis. Evanston: Northwestern University, 1996.

          JAEGGI, R. Kritik von Lebensformen. Habilitation thesis. Frankfurt am Main: Goethe University, 2009.

Additional observations

Works by the same author(s) from the same year should be differentiated by adding a letter to the date (e.g.: 1978a, 1978b).

     :: Examples

          MCNAY, L. Against Recognition. Cambridge: Polity Press, 2008a. 

          MCNAY, L. "The Trouble with Recognition: Subjectivity, Suffering, and Agency". Sociological Theory 26 (3), p. 271-296, 2008b.

Capitalization of book and article titles: Chicago Style

Page numbers are indicated with a single "p." (p. 23-94 instead of pp. 23-94) and a space between the dot and the number (p. 23 instead of p.23)