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Call for Papers "Civilizational Futures" 40th Annual International Conference International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC) Brigham Young University Provo, UT (USA) 15-17 June 2010 __________________________________________________ We invite the world of scholars and deep thinkers to consider submitting an abstract of a paper to our program committee, and possibly coming to a great university in Central Utah, USA, next June 15 - 17 (2010) to think with us about civilizations past, presently clashing and transforming, and possibly getting some glimpses of their futures to come. Main Theme: Civilizational Futures Sub-Themes: - What roles religion, in the past, today and tomorrow? - Is a global civilization developing? How would we know? - How can past civilizational crises inform the present? - Does ecology matter, or are these crises driven entirely by culture, politics, religion and other social phenomena? Eternal Themes: - What is a “Civilization” anyway? - How are civilizations distinct from nations, societies and cultures? Are they correlated with empires? - How many are there in human history ... and today? - Does history repeat itself? - What is the nature of the relationship between technology and civilization? - Are civilizational transformations necessarily traumatic, or can civilizations “transform” peacefully? - When civilizations “clash” can they hybridize by combining strengths positively? Or must one die? - How do art, language and culture matter compared to the ancient drivers of commerce and military affairs? Submission Deadline: March 15, 2010. Contact: Michael Andregg, Program Chair Justice and Peace Studies University of St. Thomas 2115 Summit Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105-1096 USA Phone: +1 (651) 962-5925 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.wmich.edu/iscsc/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
