The journal is especially interested in original work at the intersection of philosophy, political theory, comparative literature, and cultural studies.

It seeks to provoke discussion and debate among various intellectual traditions, including critical theory, phenomenology, hermeneutics, feminism, and psychoanalysis.

The journal provides space for reviews, as well as short translations of the works of contemporary philosophical figures originally published in other languages.

It publishes special issues dedicated to particular topics, and for many years published Selected Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy in cooperation with the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP).

[1][2] It has a Level 1 classification from the JUFO Publication Forum of the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.