A Set of Conferences across Java

(Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Malang)

5 – 15 January 2009

Philosophy Emerging from Culture:

Islamic Thought and Indonesian Culture

Islamic College for Advanced Studies (ICAS) Jakarta, in cooperation with The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP), the Catholic University of America, Washington, the International Society for Islamic Philosophy (ISIP) and Mizan Publisher, is organizing a series of conferences in 10 host institutions:

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Philosophy Emerging from Culture:

Islamic Thought and Indonesian Culture

A set of conferences across Java

(Jakarta, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Malang)

January 2009 Java, Indonesia

Background

Global times now endow — and challenge – us with a broad diversity of cultures and civilizations. At the same time the progressive deepening of human concerns reaches beyond what is clear and distinct to what is of meaning and value, and beyond what is universal and necessary to the free human creativity of diverse peoples. This directs attention to the way persons and communities, working cumulatively over time and space have generated their cultural traditions. These two dimensions: one of global breadth and the other of the depth of the human spirit, now combine to open new sources for the human spirit.

There is a need to “rethink philosophy” in order to enable the vision of philosophy to be more inclusive and profound. In this light, there is an opportunity of many world cultures and civilizations to formulate their own heritages their philosophical insights and contributions. The goal will be to enrich philosophical awareness so that its horizons can be broad enough for all peoples to be truly at home therein

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