Dr Stefano Mercanti is Research Fellow, Member of the Partnership Studies Group (PSG) and Associate Editor of Le Simplegadi. Recent publications include: The Rose and the Lotus (Rodopi, 2009) The Tapestry of the Creative Word in Anglophone Literatures (Forum, 2013). He is the author of the partnership glossaries for Riane Eisler's Italian editions and of Ashis Nandy’s The Intimate Enemy.