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Invitation
to an International conference
Values and Contemporary Culture: An Indian
Perspective
Shantiniketan, India
January 14-15, 2013
with
Visva-Bharati University
Shantiniketan, India
Theme
India promotes
pluralistic ideology which is relevant in the present modern
global context. It affirms the postulates needed to preserve the
unity in diversity by way of ahimsa
parmo dharma- the right to ?Live and Let Others Live.? We
are told that one's relationship with one's self is internally
related with one's relation with the other. Self andother are
two sides of the same coin. Violence towards the other is
violence towards self. Violence has become a part of modern
life. We have learned to live with terrorism, religious
conflicts, political unrest and social conflicts in the name of
rights and environmental hazards. In some sense violence is a
necessary component of real life, but is it necessarily a social
and moral evil? The Mahabharata lays
much emphasis on trust as
central to all personal and social relationship: what is its
meaning and relation to violence?
All the more,
traditional Indian values demand fresh appraisal in the light of
the modern global trends particularly when the world is rapidly
shrinking and mutual interdependence becomes vital for survival
and peaceful coexistence. The aim of the conference is to
bring various scholars together for a rich academic dialogue,
better understanding of the tradition and its fresh reading. The
conference will deal with this theme from the perspectives of
literature, the socio-political, the historical, and Indian
philosophy and religion, inviting scholars to ponder afresh an
extremely important part of the common heritage. Specifically
papers are invited on the following themes:
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Indian
Philosophy and
its Central Massage: Violence or Non-violence?
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Violence and
Modern Life
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Affirmation of
pluralistic postulates: unity in diversity
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Mokshasastra and Moksha as
values
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Violence and
Ignorance
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Dharma as
a legal, social and moral code leading to non-violence
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The role of trust as
a traditional value
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Bondage in classical
Indian Philosophy
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Women and the Caste
system
Contact:
Professor Md
Sirajul Islam
Department of Philosophy
Visva-Bharati University
Shantiniketan, India
siraj_tuli@yahoo.co.in
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