On August 22 - 26, 2009, Ulan-Ude hosted a scientific conference "Philosophy and Social Sciences in Developing Countries" within the framework of the international Russian-Mongolian-Chinese seminar "Globalization and Developing Countries".
The conference was opened by the Corresponding member of the Institute of Mongolian Studies, Buddhology and Tibetology of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMBT). RAS B. V. Bazarov.
A. V. Damdinov, Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Buryatia; Xia Cunya, Head of the Chinese delegation, Vice-Director of the College of Humanities and Social Studies of the Petroleum University of China; Luvsandamba Dashniam, Head of the Mongolian delegation, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences (IFSP), addressed the conference participants with greetings.
The plenary session was opened by B. V. Bazarov's report "Spiritual aspects of the Central Asian civilizational space". According to the speaker, the need to study spiritual components, and in particular religious and philosophical components, in civilizational and geopolitical studies is dictated by the fact that many problems and phenomena of a socio-cultural nature can be understood through deciphering the codes of religious dogmas, even those whose understanding is currently lost. Therefore, the exegesis of religious tradition and the appeal to its written sources are relevant in the analysis of many social processes of our time. The report also drew attention to the activities of "new religious movements". They are used by some politicians, the speaker noted, as a tool for "hacking" not only traditional religion and culture, but also national culture in general, as a powerful means of manipulating public consciousness in the desired direction. Having" disarmed " peoples spiritually, it is no longer necessary to use military force against them. It is no coincidence that the Central Asian re ...
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