A Journal of Open
and Democratic Sociology
sectors 14/C1 and 14/C2
The Lab’s Quarterly is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes research on contemporary social issues since 1999. It is recognized by the ANVUR as an academic journal in Area 14 of the Italian university system. The journal promotes dialogue among social sciences and welcomes submissions from young researchers. The journal covers topics such as epistemology, methodology, and theory of social sciences. The Lab’s Quarterly is an open access journal that allows free access to all its content.
Since 1999
A Journal of Epistemology, Methodology, and Theory in the Social Sciences
The Lab’s Quarterly covers a wide range of topics in the social sciences, such as epistemology, methodology, and theory. The journal explores how human knowledge is produced and used in different contexts, how data is collected and analyzed in social research, and how sociological theories explain contemporary social phenomena.
MONOGRAFICO
Modernità e modernizzazione in un mondo in cambiamento: nuove sfide teoriche
2024, XXVI, 3 (July-September)
Antonelli F. Introduzione. Modernità e modernizzazione in un mondo in cambiamento: verso una terza modernità?
Author: Francesco Antonelli Abstract Are the ideas of modernity and modernisation even now effectiveness to discuss the main issues of contemporary societies? Are we about to experience a “third modernity”? The paper introduces the special issue focused on such questions.…
Antonelli F. Perché non possiamo non dirci moderni. Saggio sull’attualità e i dilemmi di una categoria fondante
Author: Francesco Antonelli Abstract The thesis supported in this contribution is that it is not possible to think and define contemporaneity without building some kind of comparison with modernity. In…
Daher L. La modernità è finita? Ipotesi di continuità
Author: Liana M. Daher Abstract Is modernity a socio-historical period that can be said to be definitively concluded for sociological studies? If so, can we describe it as being temporally…
Bevilacqua E. Autoritarismo e modernità. Forme sociali e limiti politici del razionalismo
Author: Emiliano Bevilacqua Abstract Heinrich Popitz suggerisce che la libertà sia una disposizione all’agire derivante dal bisogno di riconoscimento sociale e di futuro prossimo; il potere, di conseguenza, opera sui…
Magatti M. Digitalizzazione e sostenibilità: vivere nella supersocietà
Author: Mauro Magatti Abstract The paper starts from the observation that the economic growth of the last two centuries has translated into “more life” for a growing number of individual…
Romano O. – Per una demodernizzazione ecologica
Author: Onofrio Romano Abstract The answers to the ecological unsustainability of the modern regime could be grouped around two fundamental intellectual postures: reflexive modernization and post-developmentalist de-thinking. The first aims…
Leonardi L. Modernità e modernizzazione nella colonialità del sapere sociologico. Il contributo delle semiperiferie e periferie dell’Europa
Author: Laura Leonardi Abstract Sociological knowledge of modernity and modernization elaborated in the Western area and the Global North has been criticized by various sources and disciplines. In this article…
Giannini M. Genere e modernità patriarcale
Author: Mirella Giannini Abstract The paper aims to answer the following question: are we really out of patriarchal modernity? Even today, the issue is the subject of feminist debate, because…
Paola Imperatore, Emanuele Leonardi (2023). L’era della giustizia climatica. Prospettive politiche per una transizione ecologica dal basso
Author: Barbara Bastos Abstract Il cambiamento climatico è una sfida epocale che richiede una nuova articolazione di idee, discorsi, strategie e pratiche politiche. In questo contesto, la giustizia climatica è…
EDITORIAL
BOARD
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SCIENTIFIC
BOARD
Françoise
Albertini
(University of Corsica Pasquale Paoli)
Massimo
Ampola †
(University of Pisa)
Gabriele
Balbi
(University of Svizzera Italiana)
Matteo
Bortolini
(University of Padova)
Massimo
Cerulo
(University of Naples Federico II)
Franco
Crespi †
(University of Perugia)
Sabina
Curti
(University of Perugia)
Gabriele
De Angelis
(Nova Univeristy Lisbon)
Paolo
De Nardis
(Sapienza University of Rome)
Ricardo A.
Dello Buono
(Manhattan College New York)
Teresa
Grande
(Univesity of Calabria – Cosenza)
Roberta
Iannone
(Sapienza University of Roma)
Anna Giulia
Ingellis
(University of València)
Mariano
Longo
(University of Salento)
Domenico
Maddaloni
(University of Salerno)
Stefan
Müller-Doohm
(University of Oldenburg)
Gabriella
Paolucci
(University of Firenze)
Massimo
Pendenza
(University of Salerno)
Eleonora
Piromalli
(Sapienza University of Roma)
Walter
Privitera
(University of Milano – Bicocca)
Cirus
Rinaldi
(University of Palermo)
Antonio
Viedma Rojas
(UNED Madrid)
Vincenzo
Romania
(University of Padova)
Ambrogio
Santambrogio
(University of Perugia)
Simon
Susen
(City University of London)
Giovanni
Travaglino
(Royal Holloway University of London)