Call for papers – 6th International Scientific Conference of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Asian Countries
3 – 6th February, 2010.
The SIXTH annual international scientific conference named in honor of Evgeny Torchinov (1956 – 2003), an outstanding Russian researcher of Asian cultures and methods of religions, is going to be held at the Faculty of Philosophy and Political Studies of the Saint-Petersburg, State University (Russia)
The central focus of issues at the Readings this time will be concentrated on investigations of ideals, norms and values of Eastern cultures.
POSSIBLE THEMES TO BE DISCUSSED:
Ideals of Asian religious traditions
Notions of values, ideals and norms in Asian systems of philosophy
Ideal society and ideal man at the East
System of values in Asian cultures
Oriental cultures in Western countries: exotics or norm?
Western values and norms in Asian countries: adoption and a rejection
Axiological imperatives in the era of the globalization: a contribution of the East
Understanding the spiritual values of Asian cultures in Russia and in countries of the West
Reflection of ideals of Asian traditions in literature and art
Systems of norms and the ideal of an individual in Asian traditions
Asian psycho technologies and norms of ordinary consciousness
Dead-line of applications for non-residents of Russia is September 13, 2009. Besides that Org. committee accepts applications for the organization of round tables, presentations, proposals for organizations of cultural program till the end of December, 2009Working languages of the conference are Russian and English.
All questions are welcome by e-mail: info@torchinov.ru/
Additional information about the conference is also at our site, see: http://torchinov.ru/en/node/14
Organizational committee: Dr. Prof. Yury Solonin (President), P. Olivelle, PhD, professor (Univ. of Texas, Austin, USA), J. Mc-Rae, PhD, professor (Komazawa Univ., Tokyo, Japan), R. Gimello, Ph D, professor (Univ. of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA), Dr. Prof. Victor Petrenko, Dr. Prof. Alexander Boronoev, Dr. Prof. Irina Popova, Dr. Prof. Marina Kravtsova, Dr. Prof. Anatoly Kolesnikov, Dr. Vladimir Emelyanov, Dr. Cyril Solonin, Dr. Tigran Tumanyan, Dr. Sergey Pakhomov (general coordinator)
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