About the Journal

Aim and Scope

We live in a time when the old has died and the new has not yet been able to be born, drowned by the viscera and clotted blood of the old – but always resuscitatable, like zombies – structures of power and subjectivation. These structures prevent, with unprecedented insistence and violence, the emergence of the new, of any community, of a life of potency and the common. Thus, (Des)troços: journal of radical thought, e-ISSN 2763-518X, is an electronic journal originating from the field of Law that proposes to challenge the legal, philosophical, and political tradition, going against the grain and giving rise to underground or marginal currents of thought. The aim is to promote a radical and interdisciplinary critique of the discourses that have shaped and continue to shape the construction of Law and the State in the West. These discourses, based on authoritarian views of politics, conceal structures and mechanisms of domination, such as gender, class, race, and sexuality, which ultimately normalize exceptions and legitimize the violence of political and legal power.

The journal accepts predominantly original and unpublished contributions in the areas of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Law (Philosophy of Law) and Philosophy (Political Philosophy).

 

Periodicity: Semi-annual publication, with a continuous flow.

Target Audience: Researchers, educators, students, social movement activists, and artists.

Costs: There are no article processing fees.

Rejection Rate: 21% (15% upon entry; 6% after review).

Open Access: The journal has open, free and immediate access to its content, according to the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI).

Digital Preservation: The journal's digital content is preserved by the Brazilian Network of Digital Preservation Services (Rede Cariniana), which adopts the Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) system.

Interoperability Protocol: The journal allows the collection of digital resources and metadata through the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH 2.0), accessible via the link.

Financing: The journal is financed by FAPEMIG, through Chamada FAPEMIG 08/2023.

 

Peer Review Process

Initial Assessment

Submissions received will undergo an initial assessment by the Editor-in-Chief, who will evaluate their thematic relevance and their connection to the journal's existing publications. Subsequently, the submissions will be forwarded to the Section Editors for a detailed review to ensure compliance with the journal's standards, which include the author's credentials, originality, and unpublished status. The latter criterion will be verified using anti-plagiarism software (Plagiarism Checker X).

Should a submission be declined during the initial review, the authors will be informed via email. They will then have the opportunity to address the issues identified and resubmit their work for consideration in a subsequent issue.

Submissions in the forms of reviews, interviews, translations, or artistic experiments that pass the preliminary assessment will be directly forwarded for editing and publication. Articles and essays that are approved at this stage will undergo peer review, employing the double-blind method, as detailed below.

 

Double-blind peer review

After the initial evaluation, the manuscript will be submitted to the peer review process, following the double-blind model to guarantee the anonymity of the reviewers and authors, thereby avoiding personal influences in the evaluations. The reviewers will analyze the manuscript using the evaluation form and provide opinions of rejection, acceptance, or acceptance with reservations for the assessed contributions. The possible outcomes are as follows:

  1. If both opinions are accepted without reservations, the manuscript will proceed to the editing and publication process.
  2. If both opinions are accepted, but one or both reviewers indicate reservations, the raised issues will be communicated to the authors, allowing them to make the necessary corrections. If the corrections are made, the manuscript will proceed to the editing and publication process. However, if the authors do not make the suggested corrections, they will be informed of the reasons for rejection and given the option to resubmit the contribution in a subsequent volume after addressing the indicated problems.
  3. In the case of a discrepancy in opinions (one indicating acceptance, with or without reservations, and the other indicating rejection), a third reviewer will be assigned to evaluate the article. If the third reviewer decides on acceptance with or without reservations, the procedures mentioned above will be followed. However, if the third reviewer recommends rejection, the authors will be informed of the reasons and given the option to resubmit the contribution in a subsequent volume after addressing the indicated problems.


The editorial committee commits to providing an editorial decision to the authors within six months and publishing the manuscript within one year.