Focus and Scope
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora was founded in 2001 with the aim of seeking a new scientific ethos in the humanities with an interdisciplinary, political, and textual spirit. It was, and still remains, the aspiration of Retorik to foster humanities research with a scientific ethos capable of responding to the needs of the Indonesian society that continues to strive to become more democratic, just, and pluralistic in the aftermath of long authoritarian rule, under social, economic, and political conditions still characterized by inequality. In its interdisciplinary spirit, Retorik has drawn insights from an array of disciplines, most notably, political economy, language (including semiotics), and psychoanalysis, to that end.
As various managerial requirements stifle the passion for academic and intellectual life, while simultaneously in the broader Indonesian society, the ideals of Reformation are frustrated by political and economic oligarchy that continues to exist with impunity, Retorik affirms the need to defend a scientific ethos at present, for the future.
In light of its aims, Retorik promotes original research that makes advances in the following areas:
1. Historically informed studies that engage with the conditions, contexts, and relations of power within which the humanities were born, and with which the humanities are entwined.
2. Dialogues with various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including history, sociology, psychology, and anthropology.
3. Interdisciplinary research pertaining to critical pedagogy, religious and cultural studies, art studies, and new social movements.
4. Experimentation with new forms of knowledge that foster the formation of a more democratic, just, and plural society.
5. Studies that are sensitive to the vital role of both technology and art in contemporary society, and seek to understand the ways in which art, technology, and economy together contribute to the formation of contemporary cultures and societies.
Section Policies
Editorial
 Open Submissions |
 Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Articles
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Interview
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Book Review
| Open Submissions |
Indexed |
Peer Reviewed |
Peer Review Process
Retorik adheres to a policy of double-blind peer review. After an initial screening by the editorial team, each manuscript will be reviewed by two reviewers with expertise in the topic of the manuscript. The identity of the author of any manuscript sent for review will not be disclosed to the reviewer and the identity of the reviewer will also remain unknown to the author.
Retorik aims to provide authors with reviewer feedback within twelve weeks of submission.
Open Access Policy
Retorik provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Authors of articles published remain the copyright holders and grant third parties the right to use, reproduce, and share the article according to the Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license agreement.
Archiving
This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...