Two years ago, in March 2006, a similar meeting took place at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on the subject of The Global Civil Society. The report on this meeting states that "were considered part of the global civil…
REUNION DU CERCLE TRIGLAV OUGNY, 30 Juin-1 juillet 2007 LAICITE, ETHIQUE ET POLITIQUE ORDRE DU JOUR ET PROGRAMME DE TRAVAIL Trois thèmes sont proposes pour ce débat : Premier Thème : Est-ce que les democracies libérales, adeptes de différentes formes de sécularisation…
CERCLE TRIGLAV REUNION DU 30 JUIN-1 JUILLET, OUGNY, FRANCE LAICITE, ETHIQUE ET POLITIQUE COMPTE-RENDU DES DEBATS La premiere observation justifiant le choix de ce sujet de reflexion etait que le fait religieux a pris durant ces dernieres decennies une importance…
THEMES AND QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE, PROGRAMME OF WORK, and BACKGROUND NOTE THEMES AND QUESTIONS FOR DEBATE Theme 1: Do secular liberal democracies need to redefine their relations with religions, and/or with the spiritual realm? Among the issues that could be…
TRIGLAV CIRCLE, OUGNY, FRANCE, 30JUNE/1JULY 2007 The choice of this subject for debate -"secularism, ethics and politics"- and the formulation of the agenda were based on a fact and on three judgments. The observable fact was the political visibility and…
Work is a fundamental aspect of the human condition: it has personal, social, and transcendental dimensions which are inextricably linked For the person, work is not only a means for survival but an expression of intrinsic human dignity. Work provides…
As indicated in the letter of the coordinator of the Circle dated 16 November 2006, the subject for discussion at this gathering is "Work and Employment: their Meaning and Characteristics in a Changing World". A shorter title for such subject…
TRIGLAV CIRCLE, OUGNY, FRANCE, 30 JUNE-1 JULY 200 SECULARISM, ETHICS AND POLITIC REPORT ON THE DEBAT CONTENTS Introduction: Why the choice of this subject? ……………………pages 2 to 6 Part I: Comments on the…
Presentation of the subject for discussion 1. The world conferences organized by the United Nations in the last part of the 20th century represent an effort to define an agenda for public policy and international cooperation in a globalizing world…
International Symposium: Development for Harmonious Societies in a Pluralistic World 23-24 June 2006 Organized jointly by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) and the Harvard-Yenching Institute, this international symposium was devoted to Seeking Harmonious Society and Multiple Modernities. It…