Thematic Description

We are standing in an era not only full of great hope but also great challenges that are unique and unprecedented in human history. Such questions as unity or diversity, peace or conflict, cooperation or confrontation have once again become the challenges of our times. Although people have different cultural traditions and value systems, speak different languages, and live different lifestyles, all wish to live a better life and year happiness, which is a common human pursuit. This common pursuit requires us to take up our responsibilities and together to face the great challenges of our times. Hence, we need to continue reminding ourselves of our original aspiration and mission, to carry on the spirit of unity and cooperation, and to do our best to sustain world peace and stability.

The conference focuses on the following thematics: happy life seen from the perspective of multi-civilization; happy life understood in the new era; philosophical examination and analyses of happy life; indigenous narratives regarding happy life, the value orientation for happy life; modernity and modernization vs happy life; Chinese modernization and happy life; achievement of happy life from the global perspective, etc. The organizer would like to invite scholars to think together about these and other related issues.

Abstract
Please send an abstract (300 to 500 words) and a brief CV to [20106@tongji.edu.cn] and [cua-rvp@cua.edu] by March 20, 2024. Full paper will be due on June 10, 2024. Well-developed papers will be published by the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy in its publication series “Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change.”

Logistics

Conference participants will cover the costs of their own travel, the conference organizer will provide room and meal during the conference. Detailed abstract should be sent to Liu Yong

[20106@tongji.edu.cn], Long Yanqiu [longyanqiu@tongji.edu.cn] and [cua-rvp@cua.edu] by March 20, 2024 and full paper by June 10, 2024.  The conference will be conducted in English.

Contact

Liu Yong and Long Yanqiu

School of Marxism

Tongji University

Shanghai, P.R. China

20106@tongji.edu.cn and longyanqiu@tongji.edu.cn