Section "Book reviews"
edited by Antonella Mancini in collaboration with Andrea Castiello d'Antonio
and Mauro Fornaro
Chief-editor:
Antonella Mancini, Ph.D.
Loc. Bacezza Case Sparse, 6
I-16043 Chiavari GE, Italy
Tel./Fax +(39) 0185-313201
E-Mail <antuca@alice.it>, <mancini@ordinepsicologiliguria.it>
Books reviewes have to be previously agreed upon with the chief-editor. The "Book reviews" section has four parts: Books received, Book notices, Book reviews, Book review essay.
- Books received: These books are sent by publishers and authors,
and are listed at the end of the "Book reviews" section. Books have to
be sent to the chief-editor (Antonella Mancini, Ph.D.).
- Book notices: The aim is to give easy and fast information on recent
publications (possibly of the past year). The maximum number of characters
(spaces included) is 3,000-3,500. Book notices include a brief description of
the book's topic and of the author, with a synthesis of the book's main argument
and the type of readers that may be interested in it. Book notices differ from
book reviews also because book notices should be simply descriptive,
i.e., they should avoid value judgments or critical appraisals of the book.
- Book reviews: The aim is to critically evaluate a book which has been
published in the past year (exceptions have to be discussed with the chief-editor). The maximum number of characters (spaces included) is 7,000-10,000. The
general criteria are the same of book notices (a description of the book's topic
and of the author, with a synthesis of the book's main argument and the type of
readers that may be interested in it), but book reviews emphasize a critical
reading of the text, personal opinions of the book review's author, confrontations
with other books on the same topic, the meaning of the book within the
scientific, professional, and cultural context. References are permitted but in
limited number and must remain within the text. Footnotes are not allowed.
- Book review essay: The aim is to give a general view of the
"state of the art" of
a given topic or author, which is a target of current discussion in the field, starting from
one or more books (possibly recently published). The maximum number of characters (spaces included) is
15,000-20,000. A maximum of 3-5 references are allowed at the end of the book
review essay. Footnotes are not allowed. The
general criteria are the same of book reviews, with
the difference that a book review essay is more wide-ranging, being in effect a
brief essay dealing with historical and critical issues, emphasizing
general problems rather than the specific book(s) under review.
Book reviews published also on the Internet (in PDF)
Luigi Antonello Armando, Book review essay on: Massimo Fagioli, Lezioni 2002. Rome: Nuove Edizioni Romane, 2006 (Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, 2007, XLI, 1: 91-110)
Antonella Mancini, Book review of: Carlo Bonomi, Sulla soglia della psicoanalisi. Freud e la follia infantile. Turin: Bollati Boringhieri, 2007 (Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane, 2007, XLI, 4: 515-518)
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