Boundaries are polyvalent and often paradoxical entities. For this reason\, too\, it would be reductive and partial to speak of them in the singular. Geometrically\, boundaries are located at the extremity (Euclid\, \;Elements\; Aristotle\, \;Metaphysics V) of a thing\, which in turn is defined precisely by its boundaries. Boundaries open the thing to the world in which it is present and at the same time enclose it within itself separating from the outside the essence contained within them. In this way\, boundaries undermine the concepts of continuity and discontinuity (Aristotle\, \;Physics VI) and become places of creativity and transformation (Nishida\, \;Basho). \;Boundaries thus possess a distinctly ontological feature but at the same time lend themselves particularly well to the most diverse phenomenological analyses of concretely material boundaries (Simmel\, \;Brü\;cke und Tü\;r)\, corporeal boundaries (Merleau-Ponty\, \;Phé\;nomé\;nologie \;de la perception)\, ethical boundaries (Levinas\, \;Totalité\; \;et \;Infini)\, linguistic boundaries (Wittgenstein\, \;Tractatus \;Logico-Philosophicus)\, cultural boundaries (Anzaldú\;a\, \;Borderlands / La Frontera: \;The New Mestiza)\, gender boundaries (Oyè\;ró\;nke \;Oyĕwù\;mí\;\, \;The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses)\, racial boundaries (Fanon\, \;Peau \;noire\, masques \;blancs)\, colonial boundaries (Gayatri \;Chakravorty Spivak\, \;Can the Subaltern Speak? \;)\, etc.
\nBy following boundary lines\, one can discover in their furrows different 'logics' that guide the defining and operational\, including-excluding functions of the particular material\, ethical\, political\, etc. boundaries. Along with tracing the identity and otherness of the thing\, in the incision carved by the various boundaries\, different in form and place\, patterns of determination and interpretation\, schemes of interaction and exchange\, prototypes of communication and narrative are traced\, and psychological mechanisms and social dynamics are established. Through these \;logics \;we interpret and act in reality. These logics\, in resonance with their objects\, that in this case are the boundaries\, are to be considered as polyvalent and polymorphic as the \;above-mentioned \;objects they superintend.
\nThe present issue of \;Scenari \;aims to explore different logics of boundaries. Contributions of both historical and theoretical stance \;are invited \;from different areas of philosophy such as ontology\, logic\, phenomenology\, ethics\, political philosophy\, philosophy of religions and in particular cross-cultural \;and intercultural \;philosophy.
\nWe accept submissions from 30\,000 up to a maximum of 40\,000-45\,000 characters\, inclusive of spaces and footnotes\, including in both Italian and English title\, abstract (minimum 500 maximum 1\,000 characters)\, 5 keywords\, e-mail address and short biography (minimum 500 maximum 1\,000 characters).
\nWe accept submissions in Italian\, English\, German\, French or Spanish.
\nMore information: \;https://mimesisjournals.com/ojs/index.php/scenari/call-for-papers-1-2026
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