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Call for Papers Theme: Meaning, Culture and Values Subtitle: East and West Type: International Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Location: New Delhi (India) Date: 5.–7.1.2012 Deadline: 10.8.2011 __________________________________________________ This is an international and interdisciplinary conference to be held in New Delhi, India on 5-7 January 2012. Conference Topic: "Meaning, Society and Values: East and West" Please email a 150-word abstract to Chandana Chakrabarti. Deadline: August: 10, 2011. Date of proposal acceptance: Week after the proposal is submitted. Subtopics: Cognitive Meaning, Emotive Meaning, Suggestive Meaning, Myth and Metaphor, Meaning as Universal, Meaning as Form, Universal and Particular, Structure and Identity, Personal Identity, Reductionist view, Ethnic Identity and Culture, Society, Culture and Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Society and Culture, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing and Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Society, Encountering Different Cultures, Indian Civilization and Society, Cultural shock, Society and Effect of Colonization, Media and Society, Morality and Society, Rules of conduct, Taoist view on Morality, Enlightened Anarchy, Values in Confucius Ethics, Perfectionist and Situational Ethics, Spirituality and Modern age, Humanism and Positivism, Reductionist Approach to Moral Responsibility, Ethnic Identity and Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Society, Culture and Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Culture Archaeological Approaches to Society, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing and Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Society, Asian Society and Culture, Cultural shock, Civilization and Effect of Colonization in Social Structure, Cultural Transformation, Role of Culture and Religion, Cultural Meaning, Buddhism and Post modernity: Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism and Philosophy of Deconstruction, Ethics of Modernity etc. Advisory Board Members: Michael Allen (USA), Kisor Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder (USA), Gordon Haist (USA), Elizabeth Koldzak (Poland), Maria Marczewska (Poland), JoAnne Myers (USA), Eve Mullen (USA), Rizwanur Rahman (India), Ming Shao (China), Nancy Snow (USA), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Andrew Ward (UK), Mark Wood (USA) Director: Chandana Chakrabarti Papers from the Conference will be published subject to editorial review (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies / Journal of Indian Philosophy & 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. PO Box 79 Elon, NC 27244 USA Email: [email protected] Web: http://legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/Conference/DelhiCFP.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
