Razpotja Journal

Contact

Revija Razpotja

XXX. Divizije 13a, SI-5000 Nova Gorica

http://www.razpotja.si

Published byDruštvo humanistov Goriške

Frequencyquarterly

Razpotja Journal is a quarterly magazine launched in 2010 and published by Goriška Humanist Association. Functioning as some sort of intellectual crossroads (which is also the meaning of the journal's name), Razpotja publishes commentaries, short essays, interviews and various reviews from contributors of very heterogeneous political, social, generational and professional milieus. Touching on issues of general concern, the journal is bent to foster an informed public discussion, with the text subsequently more or less written in a non-academic, accessible style.

Foremost being a place for a substantiated public debate, the magazine also offers an unique opportunity for young and emerging intellectuals being published, with the millennials actually providing most of the pieces. Along their side, one can also read texts by established social scientists, poets, critical thinkers and even politicians. Razpotja also collaborates with Slovenian illustrators of the younger generation who contribute their illustrations/visual essays on the main topic of the issue.

Contents

Each edition focuses on a pre-given topic, with most of the contributions based on an open call for papers, published on the website as well as in the magazine. Each issue also includes an essay with a philosophical take on current social phenomena, an enquiry on cultural issues in different European countries, mostly written by emergent European authors (Café Europa). The former is alternated with the section American Diner, bringing essays on US culture and society. The edition themes are usually very open, with some of them being Europe, Nietzsche, Health, Families, Space, Economic crisis, Youth, Max Fabiani and so on. Takes on these topics can be of a local, global, philosophical, political or any other nature, provided they show intellectual honesty and argumentative approach.

Distribution

The journal is available free of charge on a number of public locations (like, for example, libraries), one can also order physical copies through mail or just read its web editions. It is funded by readers through donations and by public funding. Since 2015 it has been part of the Eurozine, the European cultural journals network that pools more than 80 select magazines dealing with culture.

Razpotja website also offers original texts of the translated articles from foreign authors, whom they also occasionally publish.

External links

• Razpotja website (in Slovenian)
• Original texts of the tests written by German, Italian, English and Spanish authors