International Conference on the Future of Culture

Until a few decades ago, a widespread development in science and technology as well as some of the social, political and economic processes drew a positive and reassuring picture of the future. However, despite these intensive changes and ever-growing scientific and technological advancements, there does not seem to be real grounds for an optimistic imagination of the future of mankind and their culture. The heightening of tensions and relentless wars in various parts of the world in recent years has often raised fundamental questions about the future of global, local and indigenous cultures. The disruption in natural balance and growing political and socio-economic problems were among the factors that gradually transformed the people's attitude and their conception about the future. In other words, the contemporary human beings, more than any other time in history, are witness to the transformation in their means of life hence; have a mixture of fear and hope with regard to their future. In such circumstances, today, the future of culture is a fundamental question before thinkers and researchers. “What will be the future of the mankind and the world?” is the question that presses us, more than before, to think and search for an appropriate answer.