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Call for Papers Theme: Morality, Spirituality and Culture Subtitle: East and West Type: International and Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Sichuan Thinkers Research Center, Yibin University Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness, Davis and Elkins College Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Location: Yibin, Sichuan (China) Date: 28.–30.5.2011 Deadline: 1.3.2011 __________________________________________________ Subtopics: Morality and Society, Morality and Religion, Morality and Culture, Atheism and Spirituality, Skepticism and Spirituality, Rules of conduct, Taoist view on Morality Enlightened Anarchy, Confucius Ethics, Perfectionist and Situational Ethics, Spirituality and Modern age, Humanism and Positivism, Reductionist view's on moral responsibility, Ethnic Identity and Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Culture and Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Culture, Archaeological Approaches to Culture, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing and Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Culture, Encountering Different Cultures, Asian Civilization and Culture, Cultural shock, Civilization and Effect of Colonization, Deconstruction, Contacts of Civilizations, Asia and Europe, Death of a Civilization, Media and Culture, Pop culture and MTV, Cultural Transformation, Role of Culture and Religion, Cultural Meaning, Buddhism and Post modernity: Buddhist ethics, and Indian Buddhism's encounter with Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism and Philosophy of Deconstruction, Ethics of Modernity, etc. Deadline for Abstract: March 1st, 2011. Submit papers to Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti at <[email protected]>. Advisory Board Members: Michael Allen (USA), Akhalaque Ahan (India), Sankar Basu (India), Kisor Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder (USA), Gordon Haist (USA), Elizabeth Koldzak (Poland), Maria Marczewska (Poland), JoAnne Myers (USA), Eve Mullen (USA), Ming Shao (China), Nancy Snow (USA), Andrew Ward (UK), Mark Wood (USA) Director: Chandana Chakrabarti Local Coordinator: Ming Shao Sponsors: Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness and International Program, Davis and Elkins College, WV, USA, and Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion Papers from the Conference will be published subject to editorial review (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies / Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion): http://legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/SIPR2.html Please note that there will be trips to various historical archaeological places before and after the conference. Contact: Chandana Chakrabarti, Ph.D. Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness Davis and Elkins College Elkins, WV 26241 USA Phone: +1 304 637-1293 Email: [email protected] Web: http://legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/Conference/YibinCFP.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
