Details
Spotlight is a new special section of History of Psychology. It will feature a main article, written by an historian, about some current issue, problem, or trend in the psy-sciences, and will include responses to the main author’s contentions by other scholars of avowedly different perspectives (other historians, scientists, etc).
The main article is not a “research” article in the normal sense, but rather the work of a scholar stepping back to offer an informed opinion, a synthetic view, on a pressing issue of our day. The replies are not necessarily “refutations” of the main article. Rather, they are contributions to conversations on important themes that should interest all our readers.
The purpose of Spotlight is to provide an historian an opportunity to reflect on a current issue in the psy-sciences and offer an historical perspective on it, since we cannot understand the current moment without understanding the past.
The Editor welcomes all proposals and ideas for Spotlight sections.
The main article should be approximately 10-15 double spaced pages, and each reply approximately 6-8 pages.
These lengths are only suggestions and can certainly be adjusted. Each Spotlight can include 2-4 replies, which may be included along with the section proposal or be invited later by the main author and/or Editor.
Both the main article and the replies will undergo peer review, though it may neither be possible nor desirable for authors to conceal their identities in their work.
