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Publications of
The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy
Cultural Heritage & Contemporary Change Studies on the cultural sources and foundations of values and the role of this heritage in building the future.
Today there is urgent need to attend to the nature and dignity of the person, to the quality of human life, to the purpose and goal of the physical transformation of our environment, and to the relation of all these to the development of social and political life. This, in turn, requires philosophical clarification of the basis upon which freedom is exercised, that is, of the values which provide stalibity and guidance to one's decisions.
Such studies must be able to reach deeply into one's culture as well as those of other parts of the world in mutually reinforcing and enriching manner in order to uncover the roots of the dignity of persons and of their societies. They must be able to identify the conceptual forms in terms of which modern industrial and technological developments are structured and how these impact upon human self-understanding. Above all, they must be able to bring these elements together in the creative understanding essential for setting our goals and determining our modes of interaction. In the present complex global circumstances this is a condition for growiing together with trust and justice, honest dedication and mutual concern required for our times.
The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (RVP) unites scholars who share these concerns and are interested in the application thereto of existing capacities in the field of philosophy and other disciplines. Its work is to identify areas in which study is needed, the intellectual resources which can be brought to bear thereupon, and the means for publication and interchange of the work from the various regions of the world. In bringing these together its goal is scientific discovery and publication which contributes to the promotion of humankind.
Our times present both the need and the opportunity for deeper and ever more progressive understanding of the person and of the foundations of social life. The development of such understanding is the goal of the RVP.
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Prices: -- paperbound $17.50 (under 500 pages) and $29.50 (over 500 pages), plus shipping and handling.
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Studies on nature of values, pluralism and relations between cultures as applied to urbanization, ethics and civil society, and other contemporary issues. Series II -- African and Islamic Philosophical Studies Studies done by African scholars on philosophical articulations of the distinctive identities of African cultures and their efforts to cope with contemporary transformations, etc. Studies also contributed by Moslem scholars on the meaning of fidelity to a religious tradition for life in our day. Studies on nature, man and society, tradition and modernization, ethics, urbanization, etc. done by scholars from Eastern, Central, Southeastern and Southern Asian countries. Series IV -- European Philosophical Studies IVA. Eastern and Central Europe Studies by the Academies of Science and Universities of Central and Eastern Europe reflecting the struggle of peoples to rediscover their identities after a depersonalizing universalist ideology and to rebuild democratic structures. Background of social problems and foundations for the realization of human rights, social critique and reconstruction in Central and South America. Series VI -- Foundations of Moral Education Studies by teams of philosophers, psychologists and professors of education on the bases for moral growth and implications for the role of the school in society. Studies by RVP annual seminar participants from all parts of the world on topical issues since 1984. Studies by Christian scholars across the world on issues related to faith in a secular age. The volumes progress from the relation of the person to nature, society and God; to society and its characteristics of unity, justice and progress; to culture and its morality and symbols; and to the challenges of globalization.
(all the materials published by the Council for Research in Values and Philosophy have been peer reviewed)
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