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The conference wants to promote the dialogue on matters of culture and society between “classical” civilizational studies (Indology, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic Studies) on the one hand and Cultural as well as Social Anthropology on the other, as also amongst the different civilizational studies themselves. From various angles, the notion of culture has come under scrutiny and suggestions for the reformulation of the study of culture are made. It thus seems obvious, if not necessary, to clarify how, in this context, the disciplines involved in the study of the large civilizational complexes (re-)position themselves and how they deal with the issue of “culture”.
At the same time, the role of anthropology and sociology in the analysis of those cultural complexes, extended in space and time, but “internally” highly differentiated, should be determined more clearly. A particular focus has to be put on the methodological and theoretical terms of (comparative) civilizational analysis, especially on the relationship between praxis and interpretation, social action and text.
Concept: Martin Fuchs (Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg)
Participants:
- Viviane Alleton (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, Johann P. Arnason (LaTrobe University, Melbourne);
- Augustin Berque (Centre de Recherche sur le Japon Contemporaine, École des Hautes Études, Paris);
- Vasudha Dalmia (Department of South & Southeast Asian Studies, University of California):
- Martin Fuchs (Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg):
- Andre Gingrich (Institut f. Ethnologie, Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie, Universität Wien);
- Sepp Linhart (Institut f. Ostasienwissenschaften, Universität Wien);
- Shingo Shimada (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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