Just as the ancient Socratic virtue from which it derives its name — exetasis, the critical examination that challenges certainties in order to bring truth to light — our journal was founded with the aim of fostering genuine and profound intellectual dialogue. We engage consistently with politics, economics, law, philosophy, and sociolinguistics, convinced that the intersection of these disciplines is essential to deciphering the complexity of the contemporary world.
Published annually, exetasis turns its attention to the particularity of peoples and the fluidity of borders. We believe that value resides in the specificity of cultures and states; for this reason, we not only encourage contributions rooted in distinctive local contexts, but also promote a genuinely international debate by accepting papers in five languages: Italian, English, German, French, and Spanish.
Our Mission
In an age dominated by stateless forces — transnational powers that restrain change and suffocate dialogue through standardization — exetasis seeks to provide an independent, rigorous, and intellectually free space.
We reject the rhetoric of a purely “citation-driven” debate, a sterile exercise in erudition pursued for its own sake. We welcome and actively seek contributions from anyone willing to engage critically, productively, and courageously in the development of a robust form of thought capable of confronting reality directly.