Working Group 1: Challenges of Globalization to Philosophy and Democracy
This is the webpage for working group 1 of the Asia-Arab Inter-regional Philosophical Dialogues coordinated by RUSHSAP, UNESCO Bangkok.
The general introduction to the UNESCO Inter-regional Philosophical Dialogues is here.
Introduction:
This group will look at the emerging challenges to philosophy and democracy as a result of globalization.
Timeframe and report outline: being developed [will be posted for discussion when available].
The following is a list of current working group participants:
Mr. Issa Abyad: arm@cyberia.jo; consultant.jo@gmail.com
Dr. Masahira Anesaki: anesakim@blue.ocn.ne.jp
Dr. Alireza Bagheri: ali.bagherichimeh@utoronto.ca
Dr. Philip Cam: p.cam@unsw.edu.au
Mr. Xavier Gillet: axe@penserpouragir.org; mali@rocare.org
Mr. Numan Hazar: numanhazar@gmail.com
Dr. Rainier Ibana: ribana@ateneo.edu
Ms. Lana Issa: l.issa@unescobkk.org
Mr. Altynai Karasaeva: akarasai@mail.kg
Dr. Konstantin S. Khroutski: hrucki@mail.ru; hrucki@gmail.com
Mr. Yersu Kim: kimyersu@khu.ac.kr
Mr. Glen Kurokawa: g.kurokawa@unescobkk.org
Dr. On-Kwok Lai: oklai@ksc.kwansei.ac.jp
Dr. Un Leang: leangrupp@yahoo.com
Dr. Darryl Macer: d.macer@unescobkk.org
Mr. Mohamed Mesbahi: mesbahi@menara.ma
Dr. Masahiro Morioka: mail@lifestudies.org; seimeigaku2008@yahoo.co.jp
Mr. Krishna Murali: k.murali@unescobkk.org
Mr. Kazashi Nobuo: nkazashi@yahoo.com
Dr. S. Panneerselvam: sps@md4.vsnl.net.in
Ms. Souria Saad-Zoy: s.saad-zoy@unesco.org.ma
Mr. Henry Silverman: hsilverm@medicine.umaryland.edu
Dr. Sarinya Sophia: s.sophia@unescobkk.org
Ms. Marietta Stepanyants: mstepani@iph.ras.ru; marietta_35@mail.ru
Mr. Bakanebo Tamaroa: bakanebo@piango.net
Dr. Nacanieli S. Tuivavalagi: filia@samoa.ws
Dr. Tu Weiming: wtu@fas.harvard.edu
Dr. Naoshi Yamawaki: nao-hiro@mub.biglobe.ne.jp
Dr. Feruza Zagirtdinova: z-fb@mail.ru
More members are welcome. All inquiries to: rushsap.bgk [at] unesco.org.
Previous meetings of this working group are found on the Dialogues page.
5 August 2008: Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
* Programme (pdf file) * Report (pdf file)
17-18 November 2006: Rabat, Morrocco
* Report (English, pdf file) (Arabic, pdf file)
Previous meetings of other working groups:
6-7 August 2008: The Asia-Pacific Philosophy Education Network for Democracy (APPEND), Project on Education for Democracy and Sustainable Development in Ewha Women’s University, Seoul, Korea
4 August 2008: UNESCO Asia-Arab Interregional Philosophical Dialogues on Philosophy Facing the Challenges of Modern Technology in Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea * Report (English, pdf file)
26 July 2008: Joint UNESCO-UNITAR Dialogues on the Role of Philosophers in War and Peace in UNITAR, Hiroshima, Japan
25 July 2008: UNESCO Asia-Arab Interregional Philosophical Dialogues on the Roles of Philosophy in War and Peace in UNITAR, Hiroshima, Japan
* Report (English, pfd file)
An email listserve has also been established and that listserve is open for all to join: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsiaArabPhilosophicalDialogues.
If interested in joining the working group, or participating in a meeting, please send an email to: rushsap@unescobkk.org.
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This page was last updated on 23 September 2012.